Things have remained the same for you. You are alert and focused and have been very healthy. We have enjoyed the end of the year barbecue and the time spent with Andrea.
On the 30th of August we will be going to the Turtle Back Zoo, one of Andrea’s ideas and one which the center thought was a great choice.
Melissa, the occupational therapy student, approached me and said she will be done working at Hartwyck on the 22nd of August. S he is free until the 14th of September so she will be working with you 10 hours a week until that time.
August 23rd, 2007... you have been running a temp since 2 a.m. and Dr. McCagg came in to insert an IV. You were in bed all day Saturday and still sick through the night. At 4 in the morning you were 104 and I decided to go to church early and come to the center. I am glad I did because your body temperature dropped to 87. I was very worried and it took hours for you to warm up. At 2:30 you were 95 and they decided to get you up. I covered you with a blanket and you were calm, very quiet and very congested.
Monday you were better, still congested and they still had the IV in but you were stable.
You continued to get stronger and were more responsive as the days went by.
Thursday, August 30th... you were well enough to go to the zoo. It has been several weeks since we saw Andrea, we are looking forward to it very much. There were 10 of us, 5 patients and 5 adults. It was a great day and we had so much fun. It was hot but there was a breeze and we trucked up those hills like troopers. The zoo was very accommodating and opened the pavilion so we could enjoy our lunch. One of the workers came in during that time and did a little show and had two animals for all to see. One was a baby alligator and the other a Boa. Aaron touched the Boa and was very attentive. I took a lot of pictures for all to see.
Friday, August 31st... Melissa came and spent time with you outside. You watched a basketball game and she said you were vocalizing. I came later and fed you for the first time in a week. I did not want to take any chances with all the congestion.
This is a big weekend, Labor day and the end of summer. I am until Tuesday. I took off Wednesday, Thursday and Friday as well. I have been busy doing things at home and then spending time with you.
I have been very busy in your room, it needs to be painted. I am going to leave it the same color on the bottom, red however I am changing the color on the top. I am going to paint it a light grey. I will put all your special plaques and trophies to be seen by all and put all your stuffed bears and gifts you received after your accident.
September 1st... I went on your website and viewed your guestbook and was pleasantly surprised. There were entries made by two of your classmates, Melissa Shaw and Amy Kahaly. It was so great to hear from them and even better was their visit to see you at the center on Saturday. They arrived at 4 pm and I got to leave so Dad and I could go to a barbecue and you got to spend time with them.
Melissa is a Special Education Student and this is her final year. She will be student teaching in Roxbury. She also gave me some exciting news that will help you so much. She belongs to a special education group of 15 students who need to do 200 hours working with special needs. They are available during the day to work with you. She is emailing them and will get back to me and hopefully we will be able to set something up. This is so exciting not only for them but for you as well.
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