I've updated this so it's easier for people to get to me if it's cross posted. If you've posted elsewhere, please try and update. Thanks.
Work Party this Saturday and Sunday, July 14 & 15 starting at 10:00 a.m. We'll need to pack stuff in boxes, move furniture, maybe help with the ramp -- everything we can to make it safe and accessible for Crypto. Beer and pizza!
If you are interested, contact me for the address. You can send me an email at chukkasupport@gmail.net, or contact me on Tribes as Eliza at http://people.tribe.net/62b6bfc2-9af2-4fd7-a4cd-bf3eedd47b67
The house is located on the Berkeley/Oakland border, near Claremont and College. The closest BART station is Rockridge.
Chukka continues to do well. She really is amazing. She's been going outside with her PT person and going up the construction ramps they have that aren't even for wheelchair users. When she first gets out she will probably need an attendant 24/7 for a few days, as well as a hospital bed short term. She's up for it though! I think she'll be really really happy to get home.
My Dad has ordered her a laptop with the money that all of friends raised, and I think she will try to set up access so she has it the minute she gets home.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Home Soon! Work Party!
The hospital has given a tentative discharge date of July 9th, which is a week from Thursday. This is when the insurance company thinks she can be discharged, so of course she's just squeaking by. It's exciting and scary!
Of course, because this all happened in Austria and she's only been back a little while, we haven't had time to get anything ready. The ramp isn't built yet, the house has to be rearranged, etc. So we're calling for your help!
Work Party this Saturday and Sunday, July 14 & 15 starting at 10:00 a.m. We'll need to pack stuff in boxes, move furniture, maybe help with the ramp -- everything we can to make it safe and accessible for Crypto. Beer and pizza!
If you are interested, contact me for the address. You can send me an email at chukkasupport AT gmail.net, or contact me on Tribes as Eliza at http://people.tribe.net/62b6bfc2-9af2-4fd7-a4cd-bf3eedd47b67
The house is located on the Berkeley/Oakland border, near Claremont and College. The closest BART station is Rockridge.
Let other people know!
Of course, because this all happened in Austria and she's only been back a little while, we haven't had time to get anything ready. The ramp isn't built yet, the house has to be rearranged, etc. So we're calling for your help!
Work Party this Saturday and Sunday, July 14 & 15 starting at 10:00 a.m. We'll need to pack stuff in boxes, move furniture, maybe help with the ramp -- everything we can to make it safe and accessible for Crypto. Beer and pizza!
If you are interested, contact me for the address. You can send me an email at chukkasupport AT gmail.net, or contact me on Tribes as Eliza at http://people.tribe.net/62b6bfc2-9af2-4fd7-a4cd-bf3eedd47b67
The house is located on the Berkeley/Oakland border, near Claremont and College. The closest BART station is Rockridge.
Let other people know!
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Forging ahead
They have pinpointed the source of Chukka's fever -- she has some infection in one of the legs. This is basically being treated the same way they did in Austria-- they suction out the infection once or twice a day, and then pack the site with some kind of dressing that draws the rest of the fluid out. At the same time, they are hitting her with antibiotics., switching them as necessary.
This sounds all very scary, but she is doing well. She is back to a full schedule of occupational and physical therapy -- 3 hours a day of each of them. Physical therapy is about strengthening and learning how to use her body in general -- there is a PT room with a huge mat where she can do rolls and so on. OT is more about how to do specific things for every day -- like getting into the shower, doing the laundry (yes, there's a washing machine on the floor, and she will learn how to do her own clothes) , etc. She is forging ahead, zooming around in her wheelchair and is in good spirits again, after a brief hard patch during the worst of the fever (on her birthday no less -- how rotten is that?)
This sounds all very scary, but she is doing well. She is back to a full schedule of occupational and physical therapy -- 3 hours a day of each of them. Physical therapy is about strengthening and learning how to use her body in general -- there is a PT room with a huge mat where she can do rolls and so on. OT is more about how to do specific things for every day -- like getting into the shower, doing the laundry (yes, there's a washing machine on the floor, and she will learn how to do her own clothes) , etc. She is forging ahead, zooming around in her wheelchair and is in good spirits again, after a brief hard patch during the worst of the fever (on her birthday no less -- how rotten is that?)
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