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One of the things we are waiting for is Mark saying his first word after his accident.

It make take a long time for him, it may need hours of work and we still do not know if it will happend.

Speaking is such a complicated process, for all of you who want to know more I will send you on a reading safari to:

http://www.aphasia.org/NAAfactsheet.html

This site has also been inserted in our favorite sites space.

Mind you, Mark is trying, to let us know things, but so many things are making this difficult, his tone in both hands, lack of cordination, the lung and respiratory problems he had after the accident (of which he seems to be getting ahead).

 

Here is a very fresh picture of Mark!

I took this picture of Mark on Monday 16 of this month, right after he had his tube removed. He still looks this fine (but without the gottie, it had a trimming accident and needed to be shaved off. But we hope to grow it back soon).

The Stoma (the opening in Mark's neck) has a simple dressing on it, and its very clean and dry. It will take one or two weeks for it to close up and then a month to be as good as new.

 

IT TOOK OVER A MONTH BUT DECCANULATION WAS ACHIEVED!!!!

Sorry, but these past days have been very full, starting with visits (Pia came from Victoria in BC, Canada), I am working on getting Mark's books in some kind of order to gain open space in our little apartment, to finally Mark having  ACHIEVED DECCANULATION !!!!

Now we will focus on gaining oral control for eating, swalloing and talking (Thank you again Garret for getting the information to us so we can help Mark get there!).

It happend yesterday morning, he got the canula out from his neck and he did well all day long, we even had some time to go sit under the sun. Mark is using a "Geri Chair" (to know more go to: http://lifts.articleinsider.com/24318_geriatric_chair.html)

so we can take him safely around the facility. They look more or less like this:

  So this kind of chair has a back support that can tilt-back this helps the person "gain" sitting control of spine and neck. It also can elevate his legs to avoid blood pooling in the feet.

Any way, he looked good and I hope today will be a good day to.