Thrusday update from Craig

Jordan once again has a lengthly agenda for his day. He also had the transition of friends yesterday from  Blake Richardson to Blake Stouard.

GREAT NEWS IS that Jordan's Trach was reduced to the smallest one before going without. HE IS NOW BREATHING ON HIS OWN. He is adjusting to the freedom of no tubes but needs to take it slow as to not over do it. He still gets some light headiness and headaches when in certain positions and is using tylenol when needed. His chest X-ray has come back clear but shows some heavy mucus. Once the mucus dissipates the Trach will be completely removed.

He is starting to work on his speech with the talk box, it still somewhat irritating but he is getting much better at learning how to talk again.
He was given a power wheel chair and is adapting to its use today. He has some tough moments, which were expected but he is working through them. He is still gets tired easily but works hard on staying focused.



THANK YOU EVERYONE for following Jordan's progress.

Wednesday Update from Craig

Jordans day was spent getting acclimated to his daily routines. He continued with his breathing and respiratory treatments and kept off the ventilator for 12 hours. He did some physical theraphy but he is just getting started and more will be added as he progress' He is still hopeful to be off ventilator by end of week and remove the thrach. by early next week. Today he has doctor sessions to discuss his overall progress and psych assessment. There is research study time, physical therapy as well as occupational therapy. Today his goal is to go for all day off the ventilator. He is really keeping himself in a good place mentally as well as focused on Physical Theraphy. 

Craig Update for Monday Morning.

At only 80 hours into Craig he has progressed very well. He is getting into a wheel chair two times a day for about an hour. He has been weaning off the ventilator and currently he is on 4hours off twice a day, tomorrow they are going for 8 hours off twice a day. He gets tired easily but continues to push himself. His attitude is positive and he understands he has a tough road ahead. Jordan and Blake work very well together, Blake makes sure he gets all the care needed and more, as well as helping Jordan focus on whats currently needed. They are doing some sensitivity and other testing today so we will let you know of the outcome of those test. 

Over the weekend Jordan got to talk for some moments here is a video of Jordan talking wth Blake :

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=873488252677846&id=100000500397038

Tim with Jordan when he was able to get into the wheel chair over the weekend. 

Saturday update from Craig

 Craig has started doing some of the initial testing to evaluate Jordans medical condition. A lung culture was taken and we should have results back in a day. They are wanting to make sure there is nothing new and if the previous pneumonia has cleared.

Jordan is pushing himself and the staff to a faster pace then they would like but they are going with his pace so far. Last night he wanted to try to breath on his own again and he pushed it to 30 minutes and was very comfortable with the time. 

Jordan was able to get into a wheel chair this afternoon for a little bit and looked comfortable however he did get tired which was expected after being in a hospital bed for multiple weeks now. 

Progress is good so far, so hopefully we can get the trac out by the end of the week.

Friday update

Jordan is doing amazing at Craig, so far the staff has all been great! . He has already seen mulitpile therapists for all the different areas they work on with him. 

They have started exercises to help him start breathing without the trac and are increasing the amount of time each treatment to work him up slowly to being in his own again so they can remove the trac. 

They released the cuff on the trac today for a few minutes to allow him to talk and they asked him what he wanted to talk about and his words were "I wana talk about race cars because they are fast" (censored that slightly there was some cuss words added) 

So for his first full day at Craig they have already exceeded our expections and are taking good care of Jordan.

Arriving at Craig

Jordan and Blake made it to Craig around 11:30am pacific time. Took a little bit admitting Jordan but they are settled in and relaxing now. Jordan already has the iPad on and watching videos. Tomorrow will be a busy day as it's the first full day at Craig for him so we will update everyone on his progress. 

He has a long road ahead of him but Jordan is a fighter and will push through the hard times. He is focused on what he needs to do, especially since he already wanted to start working on things right when he got to Denver.

Thanks everyone for following, we hope to see you all on the 14th! 

He is off to Denver

Jordan is off to Denver , he left the hospital around 9:00am we will let you all know how the flight goes for him and once they are settled in at the hospital. Blake Richarson is flying with him there. 

UPDATE: Jordan and Blake landed at approx. 11:30am Las Vegas time