Saturday, May 14, 2011

Doing great

If Steven weren't so attatched to his chair, you would hardly know he had surgery earlier this week. This morning I heard crutches and doors shutting, and he had gotten himself up and to the bathroom. I went jogging a little later and saw some toys at a garage sale he and Andrew would like. I came back to the house and asked Andrew if he wanted to go to the garage sale with me. Steven was like, "I do! Can you push me in the wheelchair?" He was cheerful and happy. He did ask to cover his leg with a blanket. Later in the day, he crutched outside to say hi to our neighbor over the fence and to ask her to sign his cast. He has only had one dose of pain meds since 6 am this morning. I'm kind of floored by how quickly he is recovering. As my aunt pointed out this morning--he's an outlier on the healing bell curve. Lucky him and lucky us!

13 comments:

  1. yay for fast recovery. thanks for letting us stop by today! it was so wonderful to see you guys in real life and not just over the computer screen and spend some time with steven! keep up the good work on Mario bros!

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  2. He is an Outlier in more ways than one. I'm so glad he's doing well!

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  3. I am amazed by Steven's progress. What a blessing! He is so tough (and so are you).

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  4. What a blessing! I am so glad to hear he is doing so well.

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  5. I have laughed, cried, sighed and prayed as I read your blog each day. I have been inspired by your faith and your honesty. Steven is a courageous warrior! We love you! (Truly the force is with you!)

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  6. Thank you for all of these updates and I'm so pleased that Steven is doing so well. He is so amazing to me.

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  7. We're so happy that it all has gone so well. Steven is amazing!

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  8. Good news and what is more fun than a good yard sale? I'm wondering if his wheelchair is anywhere close to as neat as his uncle Matt's old one. I'm back in the hospital but am so happy you are out. Having the surgery over with feels like the storm has lifted.

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  9. Steven is one tough kid. I'm so glad that he is doing so well and that his spirits are up. The whole thing is truly inspirational.

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  10. Kids roll with the punches so much better than we do! Gotta love him! When our Michael got out of the hospital he recooperated in less than 2 months - adults with his illness take a year to recoop. He went from not moving to a wheelchair, to a walker to the furniture to walking again in very short order. Kids just get back to life while we adults worry about it and moan. We have a lot to learn from them!

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  11. That is truly amazing!! Love hearing such great news about his progress!

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