The good and unknown

Sam has been doing quite well in rehab. He is doing things I did not think he could do. They are trying to teach him how to move from the floor on to a sofa or back into the wheelchair. He continues to have a good attitude and a will to learn. He has been enjoying his new xbox and visiting with friends. Today he did his first outing with some other teens on the floor. They went bowling at Woodys. They let Luke go along to help out. Sam said is was much harder doing it from a wheelchair than it was before.

The unknown part is that Sam has been experiencing some fevers again. It appears that the original infection is under control, so they are doing many tests to try to find what is causing this. Please pray that they find it so it can be dealt with. The just told us today that his body seems to be winning the war against the original infection and they will be cutting back his IV's. That will give him some more freedom.

If everything goes as planned, he may be discharged in 3 weeks. Looks like we need to get moving on the ramps and home changes. It is our hope that he will be off the IV's by then. If I were Sam, I would not trust Dad to handle that process!

Next week we will do another MRI on the spinal cord to see if we can see any changes in the extent of the damage.

Thanks again for holding Sam up in your prayers!