Not Counting the Days

March 19, 2012
Greetings from the Queen.  Steve did a fabulous job of blogging through the tough times and so now I can just give you the essentials as we move down the path to recovery.  It had been a busy week with the removal of more medical attachments and final assessments.  Andrew has begun to Skype friends and check email.  If you want to get in touch with him, you can send him a message and he will get back to you.  As you can imagine after a head injury, it doesn't take much to tire him out. It is kind of like our bellies in that if we eat a big meal the next thing that we do is rest and sleep so that we can digest; the brain works like that, too. In other words, after a big 'information meal' the brain needs time to digest the information and so it is time for a nap...lots of those daily. This is typical for this kind of injury even though Andrew continues to amaze us daily So if you Skype Andrew, turn off the video of your face in order to keep the brain meal small and then Andrew won't need such a big nap later. So far we are keeping conversations short but anything beats the heck out of having to talk to your mother all day. As for Facebook, that is the fast food of brain information and that will happen once the brain is 'Olympic-rower- fit' and able to afford the occasional cheeseburger and fries.

Andrew realizes there is still much work ahead but he is up to the challenge every day.  You know he is getting tired of all things medical when he laments the inability to do a 6k erg (rowing speak for hard horrible hard).

Andrew's big brother, Spencer, came by for a visit this weekend and that was a real treat. He will have to wait on Fraser to finish exams for his visit and until then it will be Skype. What a world of difference the technologies have made to bring family together right from Skype to blogging.

On a final note, Steve is being well-fed by friends and neighbours who know that feeding himself his own cooking might be dangerous. Thank you ever so much for that kindness. Steve says that life is taking on its order again and the freezer is getting full...so he will survive from now on. Thanks again!!!!