Updates

Day 61 Charlos is now semi-conscious, waking and sleeping regularly, showing awareness by making eye contact and responding to simple commands (thumbs up, Shaka sign, blinking). He's breathing independently and meets the criteria for transfer to Craig Hospital in Colorado, pending insurance approval. He's currently using a T-bar trach with 28% oxygen, and his left side is functioning better than his right. Recently, he experienced discomfort due to urinary retention requiring a catheter, which has since been removed. Tomorrow, a device will be attached to his trach to aid in speaking for the first time. Continued prayers are requested [...]

Day 56 Well, here we are at the 8-week mark since Charlos’s accident and healing/recovery process. It is hard to believe it has been that long but, at the same time, amazing to see his constant progress! Today, Los was wide awake, responsive and ready to go before 6:00am. Wanting to seize the energy and attentiveness, Los and Dad jumped into a physical therapy session. We did a fair amount of work on arms and legs from the top down. He was very responsive and quick to react to commands/requests on his left side while his right side is [...]

Day 55 Charlos was still asleep this morning and having an extended good night of rest. He was responsive to requests or “commands” for movements or tasks. First thing this morning, the PT team brought in the ‘Geri’ chair and Charlos was moved into it for over 30 minutes which he loved! He was sitting up out of bed with his back near straight up, and his feet down towards the floor. When Timo and Grace arrived, Los was staring hard at his beachside family photo in front of him. As Timo began recounting of his recent trip up [...]

Day 54 The positive progress for Los continues 🙏.    His family and doctors were able to get him to sit up in a chair for a little bit earlier today.  It was a brief, short moment — but an awesome milestone nonetheless.   The hope is to get him more comfortable with sitting up over the coming days, with the goal to get him outside and into some sunshine!! This afternoon Los had both eyes wide open, was answering questions when we asked him to blink for a “yes”, was giving some thumbs up when directed, and was moving his toes when [...]

Charlos rested well last night and slept till about 9 AM today when different teams of doctors' therapists, and nurses came to check in on him. Doctors were looking to reduce some medications and increase others. Speech therapy, occupational therapy, and physical therapy all visited today for assessments, therapy planning, and PT. Charlos was able to get out of his bed into a ‘Geri chair’ this afternoon, he will be doing a few times this week and he may be able to go outside for the sunshine therapy next week. The hospital’s re-hab doctor visited today and asked about [...]