Get Well Clarkie!

Phil Horwitz has let me know that he has already run out of the first batch of 40 bracelets I posted a couple days ago. Way to go, Phil and Clarkie fans! Phil already has a second batch of 50 bracelets, these are in the silver/black of Clarkie’s colors. Find out how to get yours.

Update: Tedi sent a revised update with more details on the swallowing issue.
Tedi sent this to me at about 11:30pm last night, I just got it this morning.
- Alex
The past couple of days have been good ones. Aaron has seems to be doing well with the Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, and Physical Therapy sessions, each [...]

Today we’ve learned of two new ways to benefit Clarkie and his recovery fund. First, John Burr of The Walnut Room has announced that a portion of all proceeds from food and drink sales during the MRA Election night coming up on Nov 12th will go to the Clarkie Recovery Fund. Read all about it [...]

With a level 4 of cognitive functioning, Aaron responds primarily to his own internal confusion. He again pulled out his PICC line (peripherally inserted central catheter) and nasogastric feeding tube, which forced the nurses to put the hand mitts back on. The doctor mentioned if Aaron doesn’t pass a swallow test soon, he may have [...]

Clarkie has been making some Neurological progress. On Saturday, Speech Therapy provided him with a new learning tool – the alphabet board (letters on a board that he can point at) – allowing him the opportunity to communicate better. Aaron is able to recognize letters and their function and spell words.
While visiting Aaron on Sunday, [...]

Scott tells me that at 2pm today they capped Aaron’s trach tube until about 7pm tonight. This is good, as Aaron was breathing on his own the entire time. As far as I know he did not speak, though I understand the doctors were trying to get him to. They put him back on the [...]

Here’s a message I just received from Tedi that she asked me to post for you all.

Scott and I would like to bring Aaron’s full condition to light and clarify a few things. In addition to his physical injuries, Aaron has suffered a traumatic brain injury. He is functioning at a cognitive level of 4, [...]

I’ve got just a minor update from Scott, apparently Aaron has been pulling his feeding tube out pretty regularly, so they have put him in mitts to prevent that. That’s all I’ve got for today, I’ll update with more when I get word.
Happy Halloween, Clarkie!

Scott reports that Clarkie is still up in rehab and has managed to stay out of the ICU. The infection in his lungs as been hard on him, he’s been coughing up stuff through the trach tube to try clear his lungs. This caused him to not sleep well last night and he’s been fairly [...]

Here’s a reminder for the Junkyard Ink pumpkin carving contest going on this Saturday. They are putting on a hell of a party with all proceeds going to help Aaron, so sharpen up those knives and pull the guts out of some pumpkins for your chance to win some great prizes.