Debbie and I (Jesse's dad) met yesterday with the rehabilitation team at Elks. I'll try to relate the highlights here. Basically, Jesse is doing quite well. There is a thing called the Rancho Scale. It comes from Rancho Los Amigos rehabilitation hospital in Downey. It is a cognitive scale and runs from 1-8. Jesse's speech therapist puts Jesse at a 7. He is tracking and his memory is improving daily. There is still work to go, but she is very encouraged. The rehab team hadn't realized why we had asked for an evaluation from a neuro-opthamologist, but when we told them that his vision had really come and gone when he was at Arrowhead they told us that they would watch for more symptoms. Since he can now put weight on his left leg the Physical therapist thought training him in getting into and out of a wheel chair and how to get around in it would go better. The neuro-psychologist thought that Jesse was doing well too. He asked what kind of student Jesse had been and then he mentioned that it might be a bit of a rush for Jesse to get back to UCR by the spring quarter, but that he thought it a very doable goal for Jesse to get back there by the fall. We asked about helping him with driving, and that is something that they do also.
Right now Jesse is feeling a fair amount of pain from the repair to his right heel. That should ease some over the next few days. He will see the orthopeadic surgeon in two weeks and then he'll remove the stiches from that wound.
We are so amazed about how good God is. We do indeed thank and praise Him. Thank you too to all who have been such a great support to us this past month. We love you all...
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Sorry to hear about your heel Jesse, that's a bummer. Better now than 20 years from now though. Hopefully the knee ligaments will get back into a normalcy of some sort as well. Glad to hear that you are able to support some weight on it too, again, very surprised that a month to the day you're already healed to that degree in a bone that I saw outside of your skin. Definitely deserving of the miracle category. I'll continue to monitor here on your progress, and wish you the best in a speedy recovery, although it looks like you're going about as fast as is possible, and even beyond that in some cases. I recommend you start playing the lottery, hehe. Anyhow, Joey says "Hi" as well and is just as amazed as I am. We have been showing people here at work the pictures posted showing your car and initial admit into the ICU, and the "after" pics with family and friends once extubated and conscious again. The general consensus is "No way!". Nobody here has seen anyone with your injuries and such a beat up vehicle recover as quickly or as well as you have. Anyhow, late night working, as usual, and figured I'd pop in and check up on you before going to bed. You are in our thoughts here, and we wish you all the best.
Justin and Joey
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