Just wanted to wish all of You great people who make up Steve's Army, a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! It has been our priviledge to share our thoughts with all of you and receive your responses. Please continue to send positive thoughts and prayers Steve's way.
Take care of yourselves and eachother,
Linda, Rob, Beth and Steve
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
UPDATE 135
Hello to Steve's Army,
We hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and are doing well.
Good things are happening as we progress in Steve's recovery. We feel we will post more and write less. From standing to walking, we will let the videos speak for themselves.
Thank You for your positive thoughts and prayers, as you can see they are working.
Happy Holidays,
Linda, Rob, Beth and Steve
We hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and are doing well.
Good things are happening as we progress in Steve's recovery. We feel we will post more and write less. From standing to walking, we will let the videos speak for themselves.
Thank You for your positive thoughts and prayers, as you can see they are working.
Happy Holidays,
Linda, Rob, Beth and Steve
Saturday, September 21, 2013
UPDATE TO 134
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Update 134 from Rob and Linda
Hello to Steve's Army. Hope all is well with you who read this blog.
We continue to be humbled and amazed at the support Steve and we receive from you great people. The Golf Outing has grown to 49 teams this year. So many that we had to use the whole course. While this fact is wonderful, it did not allow me (Rob) to meet and greet every one of you at the "hole in one". It also did not allow our daughter (Beth) to do the same. At this point, allow us to express our sincere gratitude to all we did not meet and get to interact with. Please know that your continued support of this outing is making a positive difference in Steve's recovery.
To reinforce that last point, we have uploaded two videos that we ask you to watch. Great things are happening as we all stay the course. The first is Steve at therapy rising unassisted to a standing position. He did this 5X that day and we have him doing it now almost every time he stands up. As they say, "great things happen to those who wait----Outstanding things happen to those who get off their ass and do something!"'
The second video is of Steve on his Terra trike. This is a recumbant trike that will get him some exercise, left hand and vision use.
We have been continuing with horseback riding and swimming and at the last swimming session, Steve actually took two steps unassisted while in the deep end of the pool. We also plan to do a "color run" sometime in September with Steve and a few of his friends/therapists.....we found that he could use the trike and they could push him if necessary. More to follow on that one!
One more thing, Rosie Jo our, now 46 pound "puppy", has figured out that if she lays in the path that Steve is walking, he has to step over her. We call it "puppy therapy"!
Additionally, please identify yourselves when you post a comment. Steve and family owe all who read this blog a debt of gratitude and we would like to be able to address you by name.
Please feel free to contact Steve at any time. Take care of yourself and eachother.
Rob and Linda
We continue to be humbled and amazed at the support Steve and we receive from you great people. The Golf Outing has grown to 49 teams this year. So many that we had to use the whole course. While this fact is wonderful, it did not allow me (Rob) to meet and greet every one of you at the "hole in one". It also did not allow our daughter (Beth) to do the same. At this point, allow us to express our sincere gratitude to all we did not meet and get to interact with. Please know that your continued support of this outing is making a positive difference in Steve's recovery.
To reinforce that last point, we have uploaded two videos that we ask you to watch. Great things are happening as we all stay the course. The first is Steve at therapy rising unassisted to a standing position. He did this 5X that day and we have him doing it now almost every time he stands up. As they say, "great things happen to those who wait----Outstanding things happen to those who get off their ass and do something!"'
The second video is of Steve on his Terra trike. This is a recumbant trike that will get him some exercise, left hand and vision use.
We have been continuing with horseback riding and swimming and at the last swimming session, Steve actually took two steps unassisted while in the deep end of the pool. We also plan to do a "color run" sometime in September with Steve and a few of his friends/therapists.....we found that he could use the trike and they could push him if necessary. More to follow on that one!
One more thing, Rosie Jo our, now 46 pound "puppy", has figured out that if she lays in the path that Steve is walking, he has to step over her. We call it "puppy therapy"!
Additionally, please identify yourselves when you post a comment. Steve and family owe all who read this blog a debt of gratitude and we would like to be able to address you by name.
Rob and Linda
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Update 133 from Linda and Rob
Hello fellow Steve's Army friends; we hope all is well with all of you.
It seems at our last post we said we would try to post more and here we are in May with our first post of 2013.........
Steve is doing well , Voice is getting stronger and so is the Left Arm. He is working hard in and out of therapy and his efforts are showing merit. For the first time ever, Steve's bicep muscle in his left arm is flexible and not rock hard as it has been. He has used his left hand and arm to swing at a punching bag and to reach out and grab items. It is still not "automatic" but it is controllable when he puts his mind to it.
The Left side neglect issue is also coming along. Steve is able to read words across a row when the spacing and font size are "right". The last time we had Steve out in a golf cart, you would never know he was injured. It was too bad that was last October and we had to get the Golf cart back before the snow came. We are planning to do more of that type of driving this spring/summer.
Speaking of Golf, we hope you all got the announcement of the Golf Outing this year. Same place, Hartland Glen, and it is on the 22nd of June.
We have been involved in a couple of new ventures this year and they are keeping us busy.
The first is the Auto No Fault reform that the republican party is trying to push through.
THIS IS BAD FOR MICHIGAN AND IT'S CITIZENS!! Although Steve is not an auto accident victim, we are significantly trying to help defeat this bill (#4612).
As you may know, If you are the victim of an auto/motorcycle accident and have Michigan no-fault insurance, virtually all of your medical needs are covered by your auto insurance company (up to $485,000) and then the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association (MCCA), for Life. This bill if passed would greatly restrict the amount of therapy and equipment you can receive and tie them to "significant progress" whatever that is.
The republican party says Auto No-fault is "unsustainable", and that your current medical coverage will be adequate to cover your needs. Michigan has had ANF since 1973, if it truely is unsustainable, why not prove it by turning the records of the MCCA over to the public? As to medical coverage, our family is living proof that good medical insurance doesn't even come close to covering our needs!
There is a website that I suggest all of you visit. It is the Coalition Protecting Auto No Fault (CPAN) site http://www.cpan.us/index.php
PLEASE educate yourself and contact your representatives in the Senate and House and tell them you oppose this bill. The bad thing about this bill is the the republican party wants to pass it before the (MCCA) is forced to turn it's records over to the public due to Freedom of Information Act, What do they have to hide!!??
I'll get off my soapbox now and tell you about out second venture. It is 32 pounds of squirming puppy known affectionately as ROSIE-JO.We rescued her on March 9th at 18 pounds; needless to say she has turned our house up-side-down. She is part Lab (loves water)-Kangaroo (can leap tall tables with a single bound)-Deer(2/3 legs 1/3 body)- and Alligator(many-sharp puppy teeth) LOL!!!
She is sooooooo good for all of us and once she figures us out, and we her, things will hopefully get back to normal. In the mean-time, if you want to see a house in dis-array, stop by and laugh.
All this comes at the time our family room is being remodeled to add to the fun.
Thanks so much for checking in! We hope life is good for you and yours.
Rob and Linda
It seems at our last post we said we would try to post more and here we are in May with our first post of 2013.........
Steve is doing well , Voice is getting stronger and so is the Left Arm. He is working hard in and out of therapy and his efforts are showing merit. For the first time ever, Steve's bicep muscle in his left arm is flexible and not rock hard as it has been. He has used his left hand and arm to swing at a punching bag and to reach out and grab items. It is still not "automatic" but it is controllable when he puts his mind to it.
The Left side neglect issue is also coming along. Steve is able to read words across a row when the spacing and font size are "right". The last time we had Steve out in a golf cart, you would never know he was injured. It was too bad that was last October and we had to get the Golf cart back before the snow came. We are planning to do more of that type of driving this spring/summer.
Speaking of Golf, we hope you all got the announcement of the Golf Outing this year. Same place, Hartland Glen, and it is on the 22nd of June.
We have been involved in a couple of new ventures this year and they are keeping us busy.
The first is the Auto No Fault reform that the republican party is trying to push through.
THIS IS BAD FOR MICHIGAN AND IT'S CITIZENS!! Although Steve is not an auto accident victim, we are significantly trying to help defeat this bill (#4612).
As you may know, If you are the victim of an auto/motorcycle accident and have Michigan no-fault insurance, virtually all of your medical needs are covered by your auto insurance company (up to $485,000) and then the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association (MCCA), for Life. This bill if passed would greatly restrict the amount of therapy and equipment you can receive and tie them to "significant progress" whatever that is.
The republican party says Auto No-fault is "unsustainable", and that your current medical coverage will be adequate to cover your needs. Michigan has had ANF since 1973, if it truely is unsustainable, why not prove it by turning the records of the MCCA over to the public? As to medical coverage, our family is living proof that good medical insurance doesn't even come close to covering our needs!
There is a website that I suggest all of you visit. It is the Coalition Protecting Auto No Fault (CPAN) site http://www.cpan.us/index.php
PLEASE educate yourself and contact your representatives in the Senate and House and tell them you oppose this bill. The bad thing about this bill is the the republican party wants to pass it before the (MCCA) is forced to turn it's records over to the public due to Freedom of Information Act, What do they have to hide!!??
I'll get off my soapbox now and tell you about out second venture. It is 32 pounds of squirming puppy known affectionately as ROSIE-JO.We rescued her on March 9th at 18 pounds; needless to say she has turned our house up-side-down. She is part Lab (loves water)-Kangaroo (can leap tall tables with a single bound)-Deer(2/3 legs 1/3 body)- and Alligator(many-sharp puppy teeth) LOL!!!
She is sooooooo good for all of us and once she figures us out, and we her, things will hopefully get back to normal. In the mean-time, if you want to see a house in dis-array, stop by and laugh.
All this comes at the time our family room is being remodeled to add to the fun.
Thanks so much for checking in! We hope life is good for you and yours.
Rob and Linda
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