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Posted in Ryan's Recovery on Aug 8th, 2017
Thank you for your prayers concerning Ryan and his throat surgery. All of the scar tissue that was directly impeding his airway was successfully removed. We thank the Lord for Ryan’s safety throughout the whole procedure and period of healing. Ryan has had opportunity to try out his new “unimpeded airway” with a couple of […]
Posted in Ryan's Recovery on Jul 18th, 2017
A number of weeks ago, we asked you to pray concerning an important appointment Ryan had with a Johns Hopkins Complex Airway Specialist Doctor. At that appointment, the doctor recommended a series of surgeries to carefully remove the scar that is both blocking Ryan’s airway and causing his vocal chords to not work properly. On […]
Posted in Ryan's Recovery on Apr 26th, 2017
Ryan has successfully made the transition to his new facility (Polytrauma Transitional Program). He is kept very busy with therapies from 8a – 3p. After that, he always has lots of homework. He is responsible to clean his own room, do his own laundry, make his own breakfasts and lunches as well as keep up […]
Posted in Ryan's Recovery on Mar 19th, 2017
Ryan has successfully made the move to the Poly-trauma Transitional Rehabilitation Program (P-TRiP). He has a apartment-like room in a communal living building just across from the Fisher House where we are living on the campus of the Richmond VA Medical Center. This program emphasizes individual living and social interaction. Ryan’s first two weeks involve […]
Posted in Ryan's Recovery on Feb 16th, 2017
Ed: On my return to Richmond, VA I was waiting in the Polytrauma dining area when this 20 year old Marine walked up to me and said “Good to see you, Dad.” 🙂 Ryan has started walking with supervision but not direct assistance. He regularly walks with us outside his scheduled PT and has other […]
Posted in Ryan's Recovery on Feb 3rd, 2017
Ryan has been making steady progress since his set-back with aspiration pneumonia. He no longer requires pulmonary therapy. He is walking a lot more and is beginning to practice on stairs. He is back to eating ice chips and practicing with applesauce. He still has a ways to go on strengthening his swallowing and protecting […]
Posted in Ryan's Recovery on Jan 25th, 2017
Ryan has made steady progress since his time in ICU. We had a family conference with the doctors and therapists last Wednesday (Jan24) in which they outlined goals for Ryan. Ryan is continuing to work on swallowing with restrictions due to the fact his throat was weakened by intubation in ICU. He now has special […]
Posted in Ryan's Recovery on Jan 17th, 2017
Ryan was released from the medical intensive care unit and returned to the polytrauma rehabilitation unit yesterday afternoon (Monday). We never would have imagined how happy we would be in the rehab unit until having to go to the MICU because of Ryan’s aspiration pneumonia. This experience was very emotional for Ryan because his awareness […]
Posted in Ryan's Recovery on Jan 11th, 2017
Ryan had a noon time tube feeding today that made him nauseous and as a result he threw up and got some food in his lungs. This eventually resulted in an aspiration pneumonia and required him to be transferred to ICU. They had to intubate him due to respiratory stress and elevated heart rate and […]
Posted in Ryan's Recovery on Jan 10th, 2017
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