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Well, three weeks have gone by since I last wrote. I feel a little badly about not sending an update, but the truth is, we've just been pretty tired. All of us. First, the good news. And there's plenty of it. Carson has been doing really well in so many ways. His...

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Good food, dogs, sister, birthday, friends, bed.  Home, home, home.  OK, so chapter 2 begins.  It was so good getting Carson out of the hospital.  Getting him home last Sunday was a huge thing for us to celebrate.  No more beeping machines or...

Yep, He's home! And he is SOOOOO HAPPPPPYYYYY. Quick story, then we are going to decompress the rest of the night. And more over the next few days. MRI Techs came in Thursday (I think Thursday). Carson asked if they needed to take the brace off and they said yes....

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

After having his knee realigned as a result of some issues (see the previous post from last night), Carson slept really well. He is in a full leg length split now to keep the knee stable, and will likely be in this a couple weeks/until first step in reconstruction....

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 tibia below the...

Haircut and Dog The haircut and dog go together since in these pictures you can see it has been quite some time since Carson’s had a trim.  The official policy of the hospital is that people who cut hair professionally are, wait for it, not...

I updated this post to take down the photos of the leg. Carson isn't quite ready to share these photos yet. (also note, for those subscribed to both the caring bridge site and now this site, you might get two emails for a bit 🙂 Expectations sure can set you...

So, 24 hours of no IV pain killers and he’s outta here…. The Trauma team said their goal was to get Caron to rehab.  He was up some yesterday, moved around a little, got exhausted quickly and was in pain, but chose to not receive any IV meds.  So today,...

A little reflection-We had just docked the boat, and the rangers were running to us.  Carson’s head was in my hands, his lips were blue and face was pale.  I thought we might lose him right then.  There was a lifetime in that...