Baltimore Bound


Aaron, Gina, & I will be heading to Baltimore on Sunday for Aaron’s much anticipated week of rehab at Kennedy Krieger Institute. Gina has secured an apartment for us for the week 2 blocks off the harbor. Diane will be coming to Kennedy for a few days mid week and Gina and I will return for weeks end and the trip home. Aaron has been looking forward to this week for some time as he has not had any extensive therapy since Magee until his recent visits to Hershey to prep for Kennedy Krieger.

As we prepare to leave I can’t help but think of how far Aaron has come and of all of the people that have been so helpful, caring, & loving. We have tried to thank everyone along the way. It would be impossible to list everyone, you know who you are, and I don’t want to offend anyone by missing them so I won’t try. I do want to thank Gina’s cousin Chuck from Montana and her brother Curt & Irene from Colorado for the recent care packages filled with numerous goodies. Also thanks for the many yummy meals that we have received since Aaron has come home. Again you know who you are. A big thank you to Uncle Pete for organizing a project to reproduce some of the equipment that Aaron has used at Magee to aid him in his rehab at home. Thanks to Ralph Claire and Rooster’s Wood Shop at the Masonic Homes. Pictured below are George Jacobs & Al Wenrich, just two of several men that helped out.

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As many of you know Aaron had his trach removed several weeks ago and has had no issues since. On the night that it was removed Woody’s JV basketball team wore Aaron’s Journey t-shirts instead of their regular shooting shirts for their game vs. Garden Spot. Pictured below are several of his players & fellow coaches who helped with a fall project doing yard work around the Wood’s home. They also participated in the bike, walk, run fundraiser in October.

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Thanks again to all of you for your support and prayers. We couldn’t have gotten to this point without you!


5 thoughts on “Baltimore Bound

  • Mammaw and Pappaw Wood

    Aaron, What great news we are hearing from Baltimore!!!..Keep up the good work. We love you so much. My thoughts and prayers are with you constantly.

  • Jessica Welsh

    Hey Aaron! Good Luck in Baltimore!! Show em what you’re made of 🙂 I have a question, I was wondering where the bracelets came from that everyone was wearing at the brownstone for the thanksgiving fundraiser. A friend of mine was just diagnosed with breast cancer and I would love to be able to obtain some or even make them myself. Any assistance you could offer would be greatly appreciated! Thanks and again, Good Luck!!!

  • karen hicks

    Aaron and family,

    You know you are in my thoughts and prayers. I pray God blesses you with positivr results in Baltimore. Aaron, I know you are ready to give it all you got. As you do all the work, I hope you feel us all around you and behind you supporting you. I pray you feel God’s love and the Holy Spirit is with you as you go through anything they throw at you. I know it isn’t going to be easy and there are a lot of us that wish we could do it for you. I also know that you have showed such strength and perserverance already that you are doing a much better job than alot of us could do. We love you and wish you many blessings this week!!!

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