BBQ at my parents's (Danny) Saturday evening from 5pm to 7pm.  We would LOVE for everyone to come.Although I haven't been able to respond to everyone's notes and posts, I am very grateful for the support and look forward to being back home.  We'll be having burgers and hotdogs.

111 North Center, Rexburg (by the library).

 The standing chair :)  He starts in a seated position and then they pump it up slowly over 5 or 10 minutes, taking his blood pressure every couple minutes.  I asked today how they decide who uses the standing chair and they said they put everyone in one in it to help promote bone and muscle growth.

Danny says, "Don't take anything for granted.  You never know what may be taken from you...even if it's just standing up."

We're gonna have a party :)

So Danny is obviously slacking since he told me he would take over the blog :)  He gets discharged from the hospital on June 13 and we are heading back to Rexburg.  Our plan is for him to continue out paitient rehab at EIRMC for the next year...or as long as we can afford.  He can do board transfers now on his own.  (Sliding across a board from chair to bed or seat).  His upper strength is getting better.  He still has limited motor skills in his fingers.

His trach hole has healed nicely and just a small scar remains.  The bed sore he has had should be completely healed by the time we leave.  We got results from a CT scan today and he will be in the neck brace for at least another month :( He was not pleased with that news.

We will be living in Rexburg thanks to help from my Dad and I will be returning to work at the hotel thanks to the patience and support of the Wilcox family.  Danny and I have spent the last week trying to be completely self sufficient within the hospital and figuring out what things we still need to learn and figure out.

Our life will be completely different but I'm not sure that either one of us would trade this experience for the knowledge we have gained.  We have learned so much about what is important in life, who is important, and what we want for our life together.

They started Danny on the FES bike a couple weeks ago.  They hook him up to electrodes that stimulate his lower muscles. 

ALSO, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BIRTHDAY BBQ ON SATURDAY, JUNE 16 FOR DANNY!  WE ARE NOT FOR SURE WHERE WE WILL DO IT, BUT IT'LL BE 5PM TO 7PM IN REXBURG...SO CLEAR YOUR CALENDAR IF YOU CAN AND COME SAY HI.  DANNY WOULD LOVE TO SEE EVERYONE.

We are also going to have a garage sale at Danny's parents (111 N Center, Rexburg) on the 16th from 9am to 2pm :)  Pass the news on so we can clear out the house!  We are coming home with a manual wheelchair, which is way better than having to have the electric wheelchair that is SO heavy and big and would require a van...

Danny is doing the standing chair this afternoon for the 3rd or 4th time so I'll post pics.  He can make it to fully standing, with the chair doing the standing, without passing out now and they have been able to cut back the dose of his medication for his low blood pressure.  Yeah!