Hello Everyone!
Trevor is doing I think really well lately. He got the trach taken out and is doing good breathing on his own thru his nose and mouth. We are doing more OT/PT on him. His mom and I are learning how to take care of him with feeding and everything else. So we are heavily involved with the nurses. This is defiantly a full time job and I don't mind one bit. I will not be helping cleaning him up so we can still have our romance factor.
He's moving his right hand a lot and keeps pulling at his wires/sticky pads so much so that they come off. I've seen him move his head about 2 inches. It's laying on it's left side mostly b/c of his head injury. So I think 2 inches a lot especially since he's turning it toward his right side. His eyes are opening more and for longer periods. The next step of progress should be him to start moving them just a little bit then start tracking things. We have a scale of conscious now to judge him. It's not a set in stone thing but is something to give us ideas of where he's at. He's still low on the scale but he just needs time. Almost every time (if he is "awake") you touch him and start talking to him he'll open his eyes. He still hates to be messed with so his heart rate and breathing goes up. He's still very much a night owl so I try to leave the TV or music on for him till at least until 2/3AMish.
We most likely get to take him home this Friday. I think that's a sign, that we get to take him home on the day of his benefit show. I haven't ever drank before but I am going to have a Red Stripe with Lime since that is Trevors favorite drink. I know he'd want to party with his friends so that's my little way of having him there. We are going to do home care instead of a nursing home. We've found an apartment that will better suit him than the 20's style house we rent. I'm going to sign a 6 month (since this is just temporary) lease today. The neuro doc said he would not sign off on anything that Trevor was not ready for. We absolutely love him! He's so kind to him and genuinely cares about Trevors overall health and is a huge supporter of home care vs nursing home.
The lawyer and the prosecutor have been incredibly helpful and we have talked/shown so much of Trevor too them that I feel like that have a personal interest in the case and want to do the best for Trevor; that he's just not another case. The lawyers are going to take the family to the cleaners. The family does have good insurance and the lawyers are dealing with all of that now. I don't recall if I told everyone, but 2 of the 4 charges have been moved up to federal felonies and each carry up to 10 years which can be stacked on top of each other. The lawyer expects the other charges to get bumped up and possibly a couple more charges to get added. Strange enough the law office's owners daughter knows Trevor. The owner also asked to work on the case with the lawyer we hired. I have a strong feeling that Nathan's (the guy that hit Trevor) final days are numbered (he's currently sitting in jail b/c his bail was revoked). This is defiantly the wrong family to mess with and this will be the final straw for him. He's not getting off the hook this time! We are going to pack the court house when his trial comes around. We have to be incredibly non emotion as to not cause a miss trial. We've heard rumors that it'll be on Nov. 27. That's Trevor's birthday. I can't imagine a better present that to send that guy to prison for a long long time and then to find out that Trevor is going to get the best care he can going forward.
I'm getting incredibly excited about his benefit show this Friday. Check out the a few of the awesome drawings that are up for auction. I'm still just incredibly great-full for all of the support and generosity of everyone!
Thanks for recommending that Ken. It wasn't the him though.
Maybe I'll get a call at some point on his phone.
I think I answered all of your questions. Let me know if I missed something and as always feel free to email me at feliciamfox@gmail.com I truly don't mind being asked multiple times for an update. I preapologize if it's not a swift response, but I will get you one.
Thanks again for everything!!
Felicia
