Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Last Surgery, Now we have to Move out of our home!

Hello,

Boy time has gone by so fast! My macbook had a small crash in 2015.. I lost a lot of information and have not been able to post much! I am not the greatest Blogger but I want to get the info about my sons Traumatic brain Injury! Wear a Helmet Please No one wants to go through what my son went through.
It has been 5 years since Everett's Accident! He is doing Well and has made it through physical therapy & Occupational therapy through  CCS, California Childrens' Services, and they are an amazing group of therapist!!!
Everett has now aged out, turned 21 in January! Wow, I can't believe that much time has past!! He was 16 when he had the accident.

Everett just had his last Head operation in October, he had a titanium mesh plate placed in his head to protect his brain and close the large gaps on his head where the bone flap was missing!

Everett went through a year long expansion on his head. Two balloons were surgically placed under his scalp, major surgery, and they were inflated with saline every other week. Everett's head was quite large and strange looking for such a long time! Sleeping was no fun, Ev had many headaches and was a trooper through it all!  Thank goodness he is a fast healer and has a great attitude!

Once the Dr. felt he had enough skin, then the surgery was booked! Yeah
Between Plastic surgery and Neuro surgery, Everett had the procedure completed, 4 hours in surgery 1 week in the hospital for recovery.
Surgery is so scary and I know that he always does well and comes out great! This time he lost too much blood in his drains, he needed a double blood transfusion while in recovery. I've never been so nervous in my life!!

Everett was such a trooper through it all,cool as a cucumber.. me a mess inside. The trick never let them see you stress out and always smile and say everything going to be alright!! :)

I want to add photos but my iPhone and Macbook still are not talking to each other!!! I am not able to download my photos!!! I need help and are too broke to take it over to Apple! HELP

I was not able to get Everett the wheelchair he needed, was not able to raise enough money, however I was able to put a down payment on the ramp we so desperately needed!!! Thank you to those of you who donated!!

The house we live in has been sold! Sadness, we have to move and do not have enough money to do so. Does anyone know of any programs that help with money for housing? We are with Housing Choices for disabled persons and it is not moving fast enough!

Hopefully we can get the help we need, soon. We have become accustomed to having a roof over our heads! :)

Till next time, I need to keep packing, we have to be out of the house by January 19, 2018!! What a way to bring in the year!

Del