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We think we got our miracle!
Thursday, Jason moved from the ICU to the Trauma recovery floor at the OU Medical Center. By Friday most of the tubes were gone, and when I returned Saturday morning to relieve Suzy a respiratory therapist was removing his tracheostomy!
Jason is now only receiving some nutrition by tube at night. Since his jaw is still wired, and will be for several more weeks, he gets medicines also through the PEG.
The remarkable thing is that doctors are telling us Jason may be going to Valir inpatient rehab any day.....which could mean any minute!
His improvement has been so dramatic in just a few days, that were it not for some obvious physical changes and the wired jaw, Jason would seem almost back to normal. He is talking, joking and listening with great interest to details about the past month. Although he will be doing some rehab for his brain, as well as his body, he seems remarkably cognizant of his surroundings, his visitors and his fortunate outcome. Surely the many prayers offered on his behalf have served to help him survive this tragic accident.
The facts at the moment are that Jason is making a remarkable recovery, and the improvements are happening very quickly. The next few weeks will be challenging as he works to regain strength and learns how to move about independently, but we have no doubt that he will meet the challenge.
Thanks again to the doctors and staff at the OU Medical Center. Wow!
Stan & Suzy