Home again

Matt actually ate breakfast this morning and was feeling so much better than last night, so they said he could go home today. Once I recovered from watching them remove the drain from his head, they sent us on our way. He's doing really well and back to relaxing on the couch. He'll go back in a few weeks to get the staples removed and later for a follow-up CT, but everything seems good so far.

All is well

Matt is done with surgery and everything went great. I won't be able to see him for a few hours, but the surgeon said he is doing fine. He said that the bone piece was quite a bit smaller than the plastic piece they put in, so now Matt's head will be nice and round and everything will be very protected.

Finally time

We've got Matt's surgery time now and he is really ready for this to be done. We have to be at Dartmouth bright and early and the surgery should start around 7:30. I will post as soon as I can about how everything went. We've been so busy thinking about the surgery that we almost forgot yesterday was April 16th - the day Matt moved out of Crotched Mountain last year! We can't believe how fast this year went by, even though Matt's progress feels so slow. Can't wait to see how the next year goes, especially with his new plastic head.

On the road again

After months of waiting, training, more waiting and testing, Matt is back in the driver's seat and is so very happy. We had to trade his truck in for a car that was going to work better for him and last week we took it in to have a left-foot accelerator and steering knob installed. Adaptive equipment is pretty amazing - and it pops out whenever I need the car. He's been driving to therapy and running errands with me all week and is doing fantastic.

There are still two weeks left before Matt's surgery and he's starting to get nervous. He knows it needs to happen and started out 3 weeks ago ready to have it done, but as it gets closer it's more and more scary.