A little over a week till Jordan comes home

Well it's been awhile since our last update, but Jordan has been working hard on his progress. 

Jordan has been working on his transfers and has learned most of his transfers on his own now, so he can independently do what he wants to do at the hospital now. 

He has been keeping busy with his theraphy schedule as well as his weekend schedule with family and friends. 

The Davis' made a pit stop on their way home to see Jordan. 

He was able to pass his drivers test for driving a vehicle with hand controls.So he is looking forward to driving again once he is home, they are working on a getting a for newer truck for Jordan and having it ready for him to drive once he is home. 

He was able to spend some time down in the engineering shop and talk more with Craig's Engineer who learned how much knowledge Jordan has and wanted Jordan to teach him more about some of the machinery he has.  Jordan was able to get in some time on the welder again.  He is getting used to the hand control and is already looking into ways to perfect it!

This past week Jordan and Bryan Moore were able to catch a Rockies game. 

He has been able to get out of the hospital a lot more in the past couple weeks which helps a lot.

His trach hole has not yet closed, it should have by now. So this has led the doctors to go the route of plastic surgery to close it. He is currently scheduled to have the surgery on the 31st. He still has the scheduled discharge date of Aug 6th but that may change based on his surgery recovery time to the 7th as a discharge date. 

Jordan has decided he would like to travel home by car, so he should be back in Las Vegas by the 9th at the lastest. 

He is looking forward to coming home and getting life back to normal. 

His house is getting rather close to being ready for Jordan they are working on the finishings inside at the moment.

We are excited to have Jordan coming  home and helping him get things back to normal. He is already looking at attending the Vegas to Reno race the following weekend. 

We will update you all on how the trach hole closure surgery goes.

Thanks for following Jordan's progress. 

Week 4 at Craig- One Month

Its been one month since Jordan was transported here to Craig, and the progress so far has been amazing. Just this Wednesday he was transferred to the East wing at Craig, where the patients get more of a independent living situation. He now has a private room with  a small living/dining quarters alongside his bed. He is still in a hospital bed but hoping to switch to a double bed early next week to help make things alittle more comfortable and normal for him.

He had a busy class week, that included Physical and Occupational therapy, as well as mat classes and wheel chair class. Jordan has been able to pick up using the wheel chair rather quickly and is doing mostly everything without assistance from staff.

On Thursday he was able to talk with the Engineer tech here, who is also living with a spinal cord injury. He helped him talk through Jordan going back & working on the creeper again so he can continue to work on trucks and of course that lead them into talking about trucks, motors and racing which Jordan was happy to do.

Jordan During Power Up Class

Jordan had the day off from class' friday to celebrate the holiday, which was a good thing as he had a full load of friends come spend some the weekend with him. As well as getting a surprise visit from Steve Strobel which lead to talking about Trophy Trucks, Trophy Trucks and some more Trophy Trucks. Jordan wasn't complaining at all about that. We were able to have a nice bbq for everyone and finished the night off on the parking lot roof watching the fireworks.

BBQ for the 4th

Jordan and Pete having some fun

Rooftop fireworks show

On weekends there aren't any classes, so we are getting ready to head outside and enjoy this Colorado weather. Jordan is looking forward to going home so he can start working again, but he knows he still has some more things to learn here at Craig. He is expected to be leaving Craig August 6th.

So one month down and one to go!

HE THANKS YOU ALL for your support and generosity through this time!