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Progressing Everyday

 The doctors and therapists continue to be amazed by Paxton. The can’t relate his MRI pictures to how he looks clinically. His hemorrhage was very large and will take at least another month until we can actually see what’s under there and find the potential cause.

Pax is super interested in learning about his stroke and the effects of different parts of the brain. They have printed out a bunch of his images from the MRI to explain it to him. He loves looking at all the different views. He said I could share one of these images so people could see what happened. He also hopes it helps everyone understand why he speaks differently and walks a little uneven. There’s rumors we are getting out soon and he’s nervous to see people for the first time.

As you can see the bleed is very large and is right over the speech center of his brain. He will continue therapies at home, his recovery is far from over. We are so proud of his hard work and determination. We should know by tomorrow what the new discharge date is.

Paxton spent the day in between therapy appointments with Brandon. His schedule is so busy but him and Brandon were able to hang out and even continued the ice cream tradition.

Bray and I spent the day at the Denver Zoo. The weather was great and we got to see a lot of the animals up and roaming around. I promised I would take Pax when we come back for one of our many follow up visits.



Hopefully Brandon and Bray will be able to fly out tomorrow without too many delays or complications. Pax has another full day of therapies plus our meeting with his team to discuss coming home. We will keep you posted. 

Thanks for the continued love, support, and prayers. We are so grateful for all the kindness.

Janell

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