I feel like a million bucks right now, being home! and so ready for superspence and bodacious britt's movie weekend extravaganza! lol!i am also ready for real food from mom and a real computer and cable tv!

81 days

spence is back home. the hospital journey may have ended,but his next journey is only beginning. the journey of him getting back on his feet and a full recovery.
the feel of his own bed, home cooking, no medical devices going off has been priceless.
spencer wishes to thank everyone for their prayers,support,good thoughts. Knowing all of you were behind him was a big part of his recovery and will continue to be. YOU GUYS ROCK

a day of recovery for spencer today. he was pretty groggy all day today. its funny the medical people tell you all day and night long to get your rest. then they wake you every 2 hours for something. hopefully he gets a good nights sleep tonight and will be more alert tomorrow

ok that was torture for mom and dad. rule of thumb whenever anyone at the hospital says something is going to take (x) hours,be sure to multiply by at least 2 to get the true time. spencers surgery which was supposed to start at 12:30 got pushed back to 2pm which was ok. at 2pm they took him "on call". we could not be with him at this point but he must have been like an airplane being taxied on the runway, you know waiting to be cleared. after 7 hours of pacing,huffing and puffing,and many delirious thoughts we almost tackled his surgeon as he made his way into the waiting room. the only thing that saved him was that he had a big smile on his face when he entered. we knew that was good and our meeting with him proved it. everything went very well and according to their plans. spence got to see mom,dad,liv carter, and auntie di for a couple of minutes each but was still plenty groggy. i'm sure he'll have a good nights sleep (well maybe not, his nurses already told us they will have to wake him during the night for vital signs and etc) but we will see what tomorrow brings. thank you to all for everything

tomorrow is the big day. i cant say spencer was excited or nervous or anything it was just another day for him. lots of hugs and goodbyes with the spaulding staff though. he did get a good workout during PT practicing going up and down stairs. he and i took a walk in the afternoon to enjoy yesterday's weather,to bad it isn't going to last. by now you all know the drill, prayers and good thoughts for tomorrow's surgery

the PT's are stepping up the therapy. spence has been put thru quite the workouts the past few days. he thought it was for his own good but he recently found out his primary therapist is a Yankee's fan. All of her torture has been pay back for the SOX world series wins.
The Spaulding unit has been showering him with gifts in anticipation of his moving back to MGH for surgery on Friday. Lets see he got a raised toilet seat, a shower chair with back, a shiny new cane, and a new seat for his wheelchair. LOL!!!
The real scoop is he is leaving Spaulding on friday to go to MGH for the surgery to put his bone flap back in. One less thing for spence to obsess about. after his recovery from that and all continues as planned he would be released to home where he would continue his therapy on an outpatient basis. needless to say a big week and weekend for him.
Spence does wish to offer his congratulations to the VFW Post 611 senior hockey league team for their championship win on monday night. Way to go guys!

Bone Flap Update

Spencer had a meeting with Dr. Chen (neurosurgeon) about the CT scan he had last week. Good News!!, the bone flap goes back into his head next Friday, April 11th. He interviewed Dr. Chen for his recovery video. He asked many questions, about his head and the flap, that have been plauging his mind for the past few weeks ( feels like years!). Shot number 100 comes after 8 oclock tonight (yikes!). Spence made a tye dye "lazy lefty" t-shirt with the other "lazy lefties", it's pretty awesome, picture coming soon to a computer screen near you!
*This post brought to you by Spencer's sweet blog hacking skills and Erin's job winning typing abilities!*

big day tomorrow or today whatever thursday becomes. spencer is meeting with the surgeon who took (without permission) his "bone flap" out. it may have been without spencer's permission but his mom and dad said yes and it may have saved his life. the bone flap is the part of the skull that was cut out so his brain could swell in a left to right direction as opposed to front to back. they knew after the 1st surgery the brain would swell, it was a matter of how much. anyway spence has obsessed over that bone flap since he could communicate with us: where is it? is it in a jar? can i see it? the surgeon told him it was in a museum but we always joked that it was on his fireplace mantle. we have been told "unofficially" that when the flap is returned the recovery may speed up a little bit. fingers crossed,prayers,positive thoughts,whatever you've been doing keep it going.