Good evening family and friends,

So tomorrow marks 3 months. Crazy how time flies. Roger is doing ok. He is having some nausea and vomiting and had a headache all weekend. We chatted about his vomiting and I think it could be from taking pills on an empty stomach. He takes an asprin every morning and says he usually just drinks coffee with it. So I told him to try eating a piece of toast or glass of milk. Something to put in his stomach with the asprin. I talked to him the day after and he said that made it a little better but he was still feeling nauseous. Unfortunately many medications have the side effect of nausea and vomiting so it is hard to pinpoint one thing. Not quite sure why he has had a headache all weekend. Poor guy. His body is just going through so much. Lots of adjustments.

Other than that, he sounds good. I am hoping to get my schedule for work tomorrow so I can go down and see his this week sometime. I know he appreciates visitors ;)

Well have a great week! Thanks for your love and support and please continue to pray for him. At this point, he just needs to stay positive! I worry about him mentally. Much love to you!

Hi all,
Just a weekly update.
I went down to Gardnerville today and saw Roger. He looks good and is doing really well! He had 2 visitors this weekend... Roman and Roger's buddy, Scotty, from his Hot Shot crew. Roger was showing me video of him rock crawling this weekend. He was driving his buddy Carl's rock crawler. They put in hand controls for him. It put the biggest smile on my face seeing Roger driving and doing something that he really loves! Roger just kept watching the video over and over again. Scotty was videotaping as they were all driving. Roman was also there and I am sure he got some good videos on his phone.

Last Monday Roger went with Ricky up to Washington to get a piece of equipment Ricky bought. They survived the snow and made it back Wednesday. Roger had a good time and said Seattle is beautiful! Once back he continued with his physical therapy appointments. He goes again to the chiropractor tomorrow. He will also see a Urologist this week. He keeps getting urinary tract infections so hopefully this doc will figure something out so it won't continue to happen.

I must give a BIG thank you to all of you who put money into the account that was set up for Roger. With that money we were able to pay the insurance deductable which will allow Roger to (obviously) keep seeing his doctors but without the awful co-payments. Since he isn't working and we haven't heard from social security he has no income so that is a HUGE help! So thank you thank you!!

Other than that, it was a good visit with him today. Him and Roman didn't waste anytime to start picking on me and leaving a bruise or two. Same ol' same ol'! Well I think that is all for the weekly update. I officially start work tomorrow! It's all the orientations this week and next week I start work as an official Registered Nurse! What a journey and Roger has given me plenty of practice! Much love to you all! Take care and stay warm!

Good morning!

Roger is doing well! Between his physical therapy and going to the chiropractor he is keeping busy. He took his course of antibiotics so his bladder infection went away. He says he feels much better. Roger is still trying to get a vehicle so he can modify it with hand controls. I am really anxious for him and want him to get a car asap. I just think it will help him mentally being able to come and go without having to wait for anyone. He needs some of his independence back. He is still wearing his hospital boot on a daily basis trying to heal that big blister on his heel. When I spoke with his yesterday or the day before he was out in the garage working on his toyota rock crawler, so he sounded happy and busy. Personally I am concerned with his mentality and hope he continues to grow from this experience and doesn't give up.

Other than that, I just got back from Hawaii Friday. Had 6 wonderful days doing whatever my heart desired. Was a nice vacation!

Take care all. Please keep Roger in your prayers. This is definetly a long recovery and unfortunately I am sure there will still be obstacles ahead. Much love to ya!

Hello all,
So I met up with Roger today for his follow up appointment with Dr. Alexander at the rehab hospital. The appointment went fairly well. We went in thinking there were only a couple things to address and more things came up as we went along. He ended up getting an X-ray of his left hip. It is larger than the right hip so the doc was thinking there may be some extra bone growth. The x-ray did not show that so that is good. It may just look larger since he has lost alot of muscle mass and weight in the lower half of his body. He has quite the blister on his left heel so he will need to wear the boot he wore when he was in the hospital all day. He still has the open sore on his tailbone that the doc said doesn't look any worse or better when he left, so it is something that is going to take time to heal. Unfortunately it is in a bad spot that is constantly getting irritated by something.
We finally got the results from the MRI that he got the day before he was discharged. Pretty much the MRI showed a very bruised spinal cord in the T12 area. Not good unfortunately. Only time will tell though with this kind of injury.
We then went to the lab so Roger could get some blood drawn. The results will give the doc an idea if there is extra bone growth in his body and his nutrition status and a multitude of other things. She just wants to see if there is extra bone growth since that would cause some of the pain Roger is feeling in different areas.
She also made some adjustments to his medications, so slowly but surely he has quite the pharmacy happening.
Other than that, he looked good and we had a good time together. Ricky brought him up so we all went out to lunch after the blood draw. Apparently Ricky found him on the "creeper" under his rock crawler in the garage yesterday, so he is finally getting back into doing the things he loves. Ricky said he has had some down days but doesn't talk about it. Roger seems to be in fear of any ramps or things like that being permanent. I think there still may be a part of the accident that hasn't settled in Roger's mind. Only time will tell!
Well figured I should write now. Headed to Hawaii on Saturday and will be gone for 6 days. Looking forward to the beach and sun before I start working as a paid RN on the 1st!
Take care all! Much love to ya!

Happy New Year all!

Hello and Happy New Year!

Roger has had a busy week since the last time I posted. When we got back from the Christmas roadtrip, he stayed here with me in Reno Sunday night. Monday we headed back to Gardnerville and had a 1pm physical therapy appointment and then a 2:30 doctor's appointment. Both appointments went well and his doctor seems with it and able to take care of his needs. Tuesday, Roger came up here to Reno and got his new wheelchair. The one he had before was a loaner until his personal wheelchair was finished. Wednesday, Roger had an appointment with a chiropractor who did some x-rays and scans and started at his neck. He said the first appointment was rather painful but went again (either Thursday or Friday) and the second appointment was much better. He has another appointment today. He is trying out a chiropractor in hopes I guess of something adjusting and getting more feeling in his legs. Doesn't hurt to try different things. Unfortunately recovery is going to take a long time.

Other than that, I just spoke with him on the phone and he sounds good. With all of his appointments he is keeping quite busy. Today he is trying to get ahold of the doctor since he may have a bladder infection. Nothing antibiotics won't fix but he just needs to get ahold of the doc first.

Hope you all had a great New Years and I wish lots of happiness and love for you in this new year!