Update for Monday-Wednesday 11/13-15
Hello eveyone. Tyler has been working hard these last 3 days in his therapy classes. The highlight of the last 3 days is his ability to move from bed to chair without the transfer board. This means his upper arm strength allows him to move his lower body without needing much assistance.
Lori spent Tuesday with Tyler learning the proper way to move him from chair to bed and chair to car. Once the Therapists think that Tyler can move from his chair confidently with our help, he can get a day pass to leave the Hospital. That means he can come home for the day!!! We are hoping that this weekend works out for a day trip back home. He will be at Grandma Ryans for Thanksgiving for sure.
He also got to try out a new wheelchair but decided it didn't give his back the support he needed so he switched back.
Tyler also is able to move from the chair to the therapy table, and then balance with one hand while taking the chair apart with the other. It is really hard but he got it done.
His freind at HHH, Pete, is going to be released this weekend. He had a road bike accident back in August in Poughkeepsie. Tyler will miss his company as he is one of the younger guys there (23). We wish him the best of luck in his recovery. He has a strong positive attitude and should do well. Last week we got to see him do 25 pushups, clapping between each. It was quite impressive. Good Luck Pete!!
Thats all for now. Thank you again to everyone for all the help you have given our family. We truly appreciate it!!
Tyler, Justin, Keegan, Lori and Jay
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Thursday 11/16 Update
Tyler had a ggod day: working hard to improve his strength and eating pizza, wings and garlic knots to give him the energy to work hard. Justin Murphy and Connor Miller came by and had dinner with Tyler. All the food tasted good and the Irish dancing by Connor had everybody smiling. The maintenance guys plunging the sink and making some really gross noises didn't even bother us.
Tyler also had a visit from Jeff Cool. He is a fireman from Rescue 3 in the Bronx. He and is fellow fireman were forced to jumop from a burning building because of the flames. He suffered severe injurys and did his rehab at HH. Jeff told Tyler that he also had no feeling or movement in his legs until he started rehab in the pool. He walked out of HH!. Needless to say, we can't wait to get into the pool. It is kept a 97 degreees and will allow Tyler to move his lower body with less resistanace because he will be floating.
Tyler also wants to thank his cousins from upstate, Madeline and Emmy for the nice cards thay made and sent. The cards and pictures that Garrett, Abby, Austin, Michalya, Jenny, Alyissa, Aodhan and Keely made are great too!!
The biggest news of the day is we learned (and got certified on) how to transfer from wheelchair to car today. This means that Tyler can get a day pass to come home for a while. We plan to come home in saturday after 11:00 and stay until Tyler feels he wants to go back. So don;t go to HH to see him on saturday!!! He won't be there...
My apologies for messing up Pete Sklar's name I called him Paul and the spelling on his name is Schyler. Sorry Pete. Thanks for the visit and the cookies.
Thats all for now.. As always a big thanks to everyone and we hope to see everyone soon
Love
Tyler, Justin, Keegan Lori and Jay
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