a thank you to everyone! |
the fundraiser was a huge success. the weather was perfect, it was a great turn out and the donations were more than generous.
thank you so very much to everyone who put in the hard work of...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:07:00 GMT |
christine’s fundraiser is tomorrow!! |
and chrissy will be making an appearance! she gets fatigued very easily so we may only be there for a short time.
but please come out and show your support!!
Posted by on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:50:00 GMT |
it’s official |
chrissy is coming home on saturday!!!! FINALLY after 8wks in the hospital she is being discharged! she will still have to do outpatient physical therapy i would imagine daily or a couple t...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:35:00 GMT |
now for the bad news |
chrissy was just denied medicaid. apparently you have to be disabled for a yr to qualify.
fuck.
Posted by on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:43:00 GMT |
chrissy passed her swallow test today!!! |
so today she finally passed her swallow test! they’re going to start her off on things like smoothies, mashed potatoes, yogurt, etc. she hasn’t gotten word on when she can come...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:14:00 GMT |
one more major step in the right direction! |
first off the doctors say she may be able to come home wednesday!
they’ve been working on her speech and physical/speech therapy for her throat muscles. they have her doing lots of exercises wi...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:38:00 GMT |
shes almost done! |
just got off the phone with chrissy - yes she’s talking well enough to talk on the phone!! and she just got some great news. today she is officially able to do everything on her own. prior to to...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:21:00 GMT |
chrissy finally gets out of the ICU **edit** tomorrow!!! |
tomorrow chrissy is scheduled to move out of the ICU and up to the rehab ward. they capped her trach on friday, she has been breathing through her nose and has been able to talk - only in a ...
Posted by on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:09:00 GMT |
as they say, no news is good news... |
miss christine is still on the up and up. the doctors finally found food she can tolerate. since they began her tube feeding, the formula has been so hard on her stomach they’ve only been giving...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:39:00 GMT |
christines still doing alright |
so the official word is that chrissy did not have a heart attack as previously suspected. she suffered from a rare condition known as takotsubo cardiomyopathy - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takotsubo_...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:13:00 GMT |
