Posted by Raphael on Aug 29, 2010 in My Business Adventures | 0 comments

Just a quick update for anybody out there following Kingston’s recovery.

He’s actually doing amazingly well for a boy who literally had to be resuscitated on the surgery table to where he is today. All his tubes has been pulled out (well, he ended up pulling out his own tube the other day) with the exception of just one last IV in one arm that he hardly notices.

He IS walking, laughing, crying….and yes, still watching his favorite movie “Cars” for what might be his 70th time since this incident. The DVD player his uncle loaned him is on its last breath gasping for air each time we try to play the video…it’s starting to crap out.

He’s getting more and more stable with his walking again. Meanwhile that one right arm is slowly coming back, although the PT folks liken it to what happens to a stroke patient. All the mechanics are still there, but he “forgets” about that hand until you remind him about it. A couple days ago we witnessed him grab a ball with that hand and toss it overhead. As simple as that may sound, it’s a significant step in the right direction as the PT folks see that as a demonstration of an autonomous, non-thinking action taking place.

We’re HOPING just one more week in the hospital before we can bring him home. The last thing he has to prove to the doctors is that he can eat enough calories to stabilize or gain wait…the calories being an important part of his healing process. So we’re loading him up with all the stuff we’d never normally give him – mash potatoes & gravy, french fries, roast beef, yogurt, jello. I think I’m one step away from loading him up with 24 oz of Pepsi every day just to get his weight up.  🙂

Anyway, all you folks out there who could do nothing more than send him your love and prayers?  It’s working…