by barriehudson | Sep 24, 2026 | Updates
I can’t overstate what Carson accomplished today and what it meant. For Carson. For me. For Barrie. For Hannah. For everyone following Carson’s story-wondering on some level deep inside, how much can I handle, what am I really made of,...
by barriehudson | Sep 23, 2026 | Updates
MORNING UPDATE TODAY: Been 5 days since I last wrote and frankly, been hard to know what to write and we’ve been exhausted. And it sounds ridiculous to even write that…that I’m exhausted, when Carson is the one dealing. That said, we’ve gotten clarity to...
by barriehudson | Sep 18, 2026 | Updates
Infection most likely not in bone or hardware in the leg. Fingers crossed because that’s a whole new level of concern. Tons of pain since surgery Wednesday, yesterday was one of his worst days over the last 7 weeks. Likely a combination of residual pain from...
by barriehudson | Sep 16, 2026 | Updates
So, Carson’s extreme pain over the last 5 days…we told Trauma on Saturday we thought something new was happening, that it seemed like infection. It was deep pain, fluid seemed like it was building up and nothing else seemed to make sense. On Sunday I...
by barriehudson | Sep 13, 2026 | Updates
The good news first. The hamstring reattachment went well, the skin grafting has held and while he will likely need some cosmetic work for the hamstring area down the road, and a tremendous amount of physical therapy, structurally it seems ok. And, we have...
by barriehudson | Sep 9, 2026 | Updates
I suppose my writing was getting stale and Carson needed to give me new material? Make it to the 5th and 6th paragraph, you’ll see. 13th procedure this morning to remove the “Ex-Fix”; the Device that was screwed into his femur above the knee and the...