Craig Hospital Update 1/25/2013

Here we are 10 days into a great rehab stay at Craig Hospital and things are going great.
After several rounds of testing they had found that pester still had some bleeding on his brain, so we are watching it closely to make sure that it doesn't grow and are doing some Genetic testing to see if there are disorders that we need to be aware of.
On the bright side Peter is adjusting well, as seems to be enjoying his time here,  his days are filled with classes that help him to recover his memory and to help his brain build new pathways to what is stored inside.  There are lots of activities that we have been able to get him involved in like tie dying, cookie making, he was able to play the WII Bowling game with his left hand all while standing.  It is so exciting to see his progress.  Craig's moto is to push but not to push to hard that they regress so even though to me it seems they are not pushing very hard but they are the experts at Brian injuries and I have to learn at times to take a step back.
This weekend he was able to go on what that call an outing to the museum in Denver with some of the other patients, of which he seems to be growing friends with a few, he has picked up the game of trash, which is a card game that I don't know.   He has taken a fishing class and gardening class, all these things help his thinking skills.
We have a family conference this coming week that will tell us what they expect Peters outcome, stay, ect., to be so we are looking forward to seeing what they all have to say.  It has been a great experience seeing that it is not only just us that has hard times and I have learned so much from everyone and all the other families at Craig.

Well that is all for now and Peters says HI to everyone.

We have set up a benefit account at the Oregon Trail Banks in Cheyenne, Chugwater, and Guernsey to help with expenses related to Peters stay in Denver.


Thanks for the continued prayers and more news to come soon
Joanna