spence saw his surgeon today,the one who put humpty dumpty back together again. he did not get the bone flap picture but was promised it would be emailed to him. he visited his grandfather while at MGH and passed on his lucky beads. his grandfather has his big surgery tomorrow and i think seeing how well and how far spence has come is a big comfort to him.

by the way the THS senior class and faculty ROCKS!! There are many facets to any major medical crisis. from the doctors stand point every thing is internal,whats his heart rate?,whats his cholesterol level etc,etc. then the external,how do we get this leg moving?,how do we get the arm to move,etc,etc. the one they overlook is the emotional, i have no doubt one of the biggest reasons for spencer's strength in his recovery is the support of his friends. at tonights award night the ovation he got was incredible. it showed him the whole senior class and taunton community were behind him. he was touched and no doubt will keep working hard.

when does it end?
spence went to mass general hospital, not for any tests,checkups, or appt.s but as a visitor to see his grandfather who had a stroke on sunday. the stroke was in a different part of the brain and not as severe but a stroke nonetheless. his grandfather went thru the same trauma unit (an omg for me as it brought back memories of 1/26) and is now on the same 12 th floor. not the same unit, with spence you got out of the elevator and went left and with his granddad you go right. when we arrived poppop was having a CT scan so we made our way to the ICU. He got to see the doctor who did the first surgery to bust up the clot,as well as Mr bone flap (DR Chen) they were amazed to see him. of course we had him show off by walking a few steps,they were even more amazed.
something myself and my mom both noticed was how poppop perked up when he saw spence. i guess a new bonding of the strokies. or a "hey spence i know what you've been thru and it sucks"
i just hope or i know spence will pass along his strength to his grandfather in his recovery!!
everyone's prayers and good thoughts has worked for spencer so lets add his grandfather (David A Nuttall Sr.) to them

a busy day for spence. up at 7 to make a trip to chamberlain school. his pen-pal 1st graders had a show to do and they invited him there. it was chamberlains annual spring show and spence enjoyed every single song and dance. it was then home for lunch and the biggie. he went to THS for the first time since the stroke. he didn't attend class as its over for the seniors but it was yearbook pick-up day and senior slide show. he said it was great. there was much support from fellow students and teachers who have missed him.

not to much going on today. just the usual therapy. his occupational therapist was able to get some movement in his wrist today. a matter of isolating muscle groups or something like that. anyway its a good thing

spence went back to MGH today. no not to visit senator Kennedy,although he was in the same exact ICU, but for a CT scan. just a check-up one to make sure everything is progressing well with the bone flap. after that he went to spaulding rehab to visit all of his nurses,docs,and therapists. even though the head honcho was there they should have just shut down the floor. for maybe a 1/2 hour everyone came out for pictures,questions, and conversation with spence. we went for lunch at the spaulding cafeteria, and even the cafeteria lady remembered him and was asking how is mother was. back to the grind tomorrow with PT,OT, SLT.

ok mom and spence were not to diligent with their posts. what's been going on? spence has been working hard at physical,occupational and speech therapy. his determination amazes me. donna tried her own style of occupational therapy by having him paint the outside deck. lets just say his ADD (a side effect of the stroke) won the battle. it was great to see him outside at his own house!
spence has a couple of busy weeks coming up, prom and graduation in 2 weeks!! today he attended the kiwanis luncheon and received one of their scholarships. he had to give a little talk about himself for the scholarship committee , it took him a little bit of time but he got everything out that he wanted. the members were impressed.

Senior year is rapidly ending!

Cap and gown were picked up...The tux was fitted, just got the Sr prom tickets as well! party after graduation  Graduation onJune 8th at the nutt house: 46 Warren St!pt and ot are going great, keep up all the support, he needs to dance at the prom with his girl BB! With the help of Lori and Joanne I am sure he will! 

Arm Progress!

Tuesday was a big day for Spence...he shrugged his left shoulder.......THANK YOU Joanne! Next time you see him ask him a question he does not have the answer to...and maybe you will see the shrug!! Today was also a great day, Spencer went to 1st grade and had a sundae party with his pen pals courtisity of Uncle Mike and Bliss brothers. Needless to say yum for all. They are very special to us, he had a letter every week that he was sick....and we still get great letters. They are such sincere and caring childern Words cannot describe how amazing Mrs. Doherty and her 26 students are.

under new management

Sorry for the lack of posts....there was a mini writers' strike at the nutt house. David passed the tourch on to us,so this and future posts will now be written by Spencer and Mama Nutt! We are in no way the writer David is , we know his posts will be missed. p.s this blog is the brain child of David, who knew he had computer skills?. On our first week home we met the new therapists, Joanne, Lori, and Heather they Rock! Joanne has made it her mission to get the lazy left arm lifting and back to normal, from shocking it , to playing balloon volleyball with Katherine(spelling?) or stimulating it with "the magic wand". *wink**wink* We promise to write better updates in the future, please bare with us, we are still rookies.