Baltimore or bust

Woo Hoo ROAD TRIP!!!

Dan and Bill are headed to Baltimore this Sunday.
(14 hours in a van ;~)
Approval just came in from the insurance company for Dan to be at
Kennedy Krieger Institute
& International Center for Spinal Cord Injury
Approval is only for 1 week, but that is the normal routine, i.e. one week approval at a time, "convince us that another is needed". This was good news . . . no this is GREAT news, as dead lines were approaching to purchase cheap tickets for travel back and forth to Baltimore, over the next 4 weeks by Deb, Mike and Bill.

Since our visit to KKI in late March, there has been a flurry of activity to make this happen. Lots of paper work and forms, medical tests, doctor approval to travel, phone calls to KKI, [Jody, the KKI manager] the insurance people, Dan's doctors, etc. Thanks to our nurses Trish & Kathy for helping with all this too. Enjoy the 4 week break, but know you will be missed.

The minimum Rehab / Therapy stay KKI requires is at least 2 weeks. [see Rummerfield, KKI, and Dan's future] Dan has daily "range of motion with his hands, arms, legs& feet, but is lacking in regular physical daily "hard core" therapy [see KKI video], thus the first 2 weeks will be conditioning his body toward some new goals. He is looking forward to all of this. Patients are asked to stay on as long as improvement and progression are being made.

Continue to hold Dan up in prayer for:

1. physical stamina [as Dan is on a DPS], and
   
2. that he stays healthy,
   
3. no infections.

Anyone, or any blog folks, or any CU family [Steve S.] are welcome to visit Dan during his stay. Just send an email to checkinondan@gmail.com before you visit.

Thanks to all of you who have held this matter up in prayer. God Bless.

p.s. look whose photos made the CU parents email. Taken by CU photographers.
[Where are Jen & Jeff? oops]

Dr. Brown congratulates Mike.


Knudsen's in their usual grad photo place.