Soooooooo sorry that it's been so long since the last update. Logan is well and continuing to make progress. He had his first follow-up visit back at TIRR this past week. We were able to see many of the therapists, nurses, and techs who worked with Logan while he was there and most of them started the conversation with, "Oh, my God!". They were excited about how much Logan had improved since we left a couple of months ago. Although Logan didn't remember his time at TIRR, he enjoyed the visit and all the attention he got from the staff. We've always told him how crucial the staff at TIRR was to his recovery. We will be seeing a doctor in September about scheduling the tendon lengthening procedure so Logan can move forward with walking. The therapists that he has been working with in Sulphur have been helping him in many ways; he has begun to walk with a one handed walker (I don't know what it's called) and he is moving his left foot forward with minimal assistance. It's a huge improvement over what he was doing when he first came home. He's also getting help with reading and many other things having to do with cognition. We had been doubtful about his ability to walk due to the lack of movement on the left side, but with some movement coming back in the left leg and with some help from this surgical procedure, it looks like he might just pull it off. At the very least, he could stand and transfer from one thing to another with much greater ease if his foot is flat on the ground. We are also considering going back to TIRR in the near future (after the tendon surgery) for a few weeks of rehab. At that time it would be possible to remove the peg tube, reduce considerably the number of medications that he is on, and work on some other things as well. While I'm sure that he won't be thrilled about having to go back into a hospital setting, he is very determined to walk, so I think he'll go along with the plan. It would be good to get him on his feet and moving more since he is eating everything we put in front of him (he's probably gained about 15 pounds, which he needed) since coming home. His short term memory is still very poor; I'm not really sure how much improvement to expect in the future. Well, that's about it for now and I'll try not to take so long before the next one.
This is for the OT Logan had at TIRR who we didn't get to see when we went this week---the one thing that he remembered about TIRR was something about, "Jang-a-lang-a-lang". He still cracks up when we say that. I wish he could have seen you, maybe when we go back.