Another great day! Aaron spent 6 hours off the vent (this was done at one time, through two sessions of PT, a couple of meals & a couple of naps!). Aaron did exceptionally well today, although he was extremely tired from yesterday’s trip to Hahnemann and his bronchoscopy. He was feeling well, though, and that’s what is important. In PT this morning, he was hooked up to the stim bike (legs this time). The therapist said he did very well. The bike has a motor, which moved his legs for approximately 15 minutes, then the motor turned off. Then the bike worked with just the electric stimulators . Electrodes were placed on the muscles on each of Aaron’s legs. As was expected by the therapist, the bike only continued to go after the motor was turned off for the next minute or so. She said this was because Aaron’s muscles were fatigued from the time spent on the bike with the motor running. Aaron loved it and is anxious to do it again. Hopefully, he’ll be a bit more alert the next time. In the afternoon therapy session, he had electrical stimulation on his arms. This, too, went well.
Sam and I also practiced pushing the therapist up and down a ramp in a wheelchair. That went fairly well. Then we worked on getting her, in a wheelchair, up onto a curb. I always thought I was always fairly strong until today. The therapist is about half the size of Aaron and I had difficulty getting the wheelchair up onto the fake curb. Time to start working out, I guess, so I can move Aaron around in his wheelchair. Sam, of course, did much better than I did. (I hate when that happens! )
Aaron ate well today, when I could get him to stay awake long enough to eat. Sam’s mom made him some chocolate chip cookies, and he did manage to stay awake long enough to eat a couple of those.
When Sam and I left this evening, Jaime and Tory were there, so I am sure he enjoyed the rest of the night with his loved ones. I am anxious to see what’s in store for tomorrow!
Please continue to pray for Aaron’s recovery ! Thank you, everybody!!!!
Well Aaron, I go and get busy for a few days and when I come back, you go and exponentiate within your’ valiant recovery work. The occasional fever or not… (the white discharge is SOO good!) Mabey I should get busy more often, and the next thing you know, there will be NO vent.
Go Aaron Go!!
Montana/Alaska ChuckIII
P.s.–Keep that up and mabey “someone” won’t need to start working out. Of course it is always healthy to get in shape anyways “someone”–He-He–CKIII
Hey Aaron!! Glad to see you are making so much progress!! Keep up the awesome work! We miss you so much!!
That sounds like a great day! Can’t wait to see you! We love you!
YOU ARE AMAZING!! Keep up the EXCELLENT work!! Praise be to God!! Xo
Good morning Bud! Wow! What awesome news. Not much more to say than that…you might be the only person who leaves me speechless..lol Keep moving forward and I am so glad you had your loved ones with you last night. Love you!!!
Aaron, i’m so glad to see you doing so well in rehab. I love following the blog so i can see how much you’re accomplishing! The last picture posted on here you looked really great too, glad to see you smiling! Keep up the good work, and i’ll keep praying for you!! Loveya!
Keep up the wonderful work Aaron! Here with you everyday in prayers and heart… watched a movie the other day and Darcy said he is almost as handsome as Aaron. It was Freddie Prinze Jr. Love you all
Aaron,
Great job today. We know many have said it before, and so have Gina & I, but you continue to be an inspiration and make us so proud. Seeing what you go through every day has only reenforced our belief that our strength comes from God. Remember that we are strongest when we are on our knees. Continue to pray with expectation as “All thing are possible through Christ who strengthens us.”
We love you!