Daniel's Mug

Daniel's Mug
Originally uploaded by polyartgirl

This is his full sized mug. He's gifting this for xmas. I think it came out quite beautiful. The day in the studio was a long one. He was tired at the end of it, but he did a very nice job, I'd say.

Daniel's Pinch Pot

Daniel's Pinch Pot
Originally uploaded by polyartgirl

Got him into the studio once... we'll have to get him in there again

Daniel took this test today and this is his score:

Free-IQTest.net - Free IQ Test

Life takes over...

It's been a while since we posted. Daniel is now living on his own. There's no little dog anymore. His daughter visits but doesn't spend the night. He has a roommate. Things aren't always good, but they're moving along. Right now we're working on his FAFSA and getting him admitted into college. We'll see how it goes. There are lots of hoops to jump through before we settle into the reality of school.

We're working on scheduling, making good choices, respecting each other, and finding balance between helping and living our own lives.

It's kind of sad that he's ended up alone and sometimes it makes me angry, but we live in the real world and this kind of thing isn't for the feint of heart. There's no room for judgment when we've never been put in the same situation. His daughter loves him and his family does their best to support him.

I plan to keep updating as things progress. Maybe this will help me work my way through my own feelings.

Goona go to Creed for the 1st time soon so we'll see how it goes.

New Ink, New Chair

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Originally uploaded by dandart68.

it's been a while since we updated... Settled into a new home for a few months now. He has a new tattoo and just received his new wheelchair...in a gorgeous flecked orange...

Sleeping

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Originally uploaded by chargermedic.

He's resting here in they're little rental. They're finding that they enjoy our little community. It's a beautiful valley...

They're Home, and I'm so glad.

Danny's house

He made it out to his "house" last weekend to work on Denny's truck. It is unreal how much time we used to spend there. Out in Cali. before we had Autum the only night we were in the house was when That 70's Show was on. We've allways spent a lot of time in " his house" .
He was so happy organizing his tools. I think it was a little hard on him not being able to wrench but he still had a blast. Carlos broght his son over and they helped get the truck work started. Danny's looking forward to this weekend to because Crystal will be here and Carlos is coming out to work on the truck again.

Boy in Love

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Originally uploaded by chargermedic.

This is apparently the new puppy. I haven't met the little girl yet, but I keep seeing pictures on flickr.

Daniel's doing well. Christie should update!

Valley View :)

When Danny and I go to Monte Vista we usually never want to leave but this time was so much worse. We went to Valley View for the first time and relaxed. It was hella cool. Danny got to float around in the water and got a shower (thanks to sister :) ). He loved it, we all did especially Autum who got to run around naked :) I actaully RELAXED I think my speech might have even slowed down to only a couple MPH instead of hundreds of MPH lol. Danny had so much fun were hoping to eventually move closer to the springs so that we can take Danny more often it's a great work out for him.

wet noodle arms he he

Danny went to pt today in rocky ford and everyone was soo excited about how much stronger he's getting. He did pull ups, we had to hold him but he lifted all of his weight. Kathy (pt) said he'd have wet noodle arms when he got home. I'm not shure yet cuz he's taking a nap. Ha Ha. He also did some assited walking with us moving his leg for him. His transfers are also getting soo much eaiser. :)

walkin

Danny walked today for the first time he had alot of help and we had to move his bad leg for him but he did it. :)

Weekends

I finally found a moment to post. I went to hang out with everybody last weekend. Saturday Autum went with mom and I to see KaiLani's ballet recital. It was so adorable, and Autum was great sitting through the whole thing with hardly a peep. I should have taken pictures after the show, but I only took a few for the whole weekend. Mom took Autum and I to have hot chocolate before we went and picked up dinner. After dinner (Daniel really liked the Kung Pao Tofu) we kicked Christie out to get some alone time. She's doing such an amazing job taking care of the household. That night Daniel rested a bit while I got Autum ready for bed and did the evening rituals with her. She's so good about going to bed at night. Once I had her in bed, Daniel and I made a pot of coffee and visited until Christie came home. It was comforting.

I took a couple of pictures at breakfast...they're on flickr:

The shell is off !!!! FINALLY

Yesterday Dan got his back brace off. He is so happy, he sat at the dinner table and rubbed his stomach and said i'm gonna eat tonight. One step closer to normal, well abnormal cuz he was never really normal to begin with. Thank God. :)

Thanksgiving

We had a very nice visit for the holiday. I spent two nights and brought my friend Melissa along. On Thursday I transferred Daniel to and from the Nissan twice. It was fun, funny, and I finally found out that I could do it. He's got such a great sense of humor. We all end up laughing half the time we're together. Lately I've been looking for the positive side effects of all the bad that's happened. Two for today: Daniel laughes readily without embarassment and sings outloud to the stereo! I love that boy so much. I'm so glad that we had another thanksgiving together.

Daniel got a haircut!! He looks so much more like himself. I was happily surprised at how great he looked when Christie finished:

Real food and water?

Yes Dan can now have real food and normal liquids. He is so happy, I think he was starting to feel like a baby bird. He eating more now to, hopefully he'll start to gain some weight. Dec. 1st he has an appointment to see if he can get out of his back brace.

new tests soon

Dan's next swallow test will be next thursday, I told him if can eat regular food I'll pic up some "bamboo panda" on the way home. His Dr's appt. is on wensday, I allready have a list of ???'s for him. Hopefully he'll be able to get the back brace off in the next couple of weeks. We went for a walk today the weather was great, but we did decide when we buy a house that we are going to walk around the neighborhood first and check for dogs. We have a lot of dogs in our town that people just let run around. We counted 8 in a 3 block radius and that diden't enclude the ones that were in a yard. It did get Danny to talk louder though. lol. Autums new thing is to ride on daddys lap when we go for walks. It's to cute.

Standing Strong

Christie can come on and give us a real update, but I talked to mom for a few minutes today. She was visiting with Daniel while Christie was finishing the testing for her summer classes. She said that he stood up against the sink twice during physical therapy. I'm so looking forward to spending Thanksgiving with them. I'm looking forward to a time that they can come visit us.

wow

In the beggining of all of this I wasen't shure if I would ever see a picture of me and Dan again. Out of all of the pictures we have in the last 5 years this one is my favorite.

Weekend pictures...

Click on the image to see a larger size and go to the flickr site.