May 27 th 2014

Just a very quick post.  James' funding for the Halvar Jonson Center in Ponoka, Alberta has been approved!  He is officially on the waiting list and is likely to get a bed sometime in June!  It all just became very real!  Time to go get organized!

May 2014

Nope, I haven't given up on blogging!  I know it has been a long time since I posted last.  Life has just been very hectic.  

The latest thing we have been working on has been looking into the Halvar Jonson Center for brain injury rehabilitation in Ponoka, Alberta.  James had an appointment with his rehab doctor in Vancouver April 14 th.  We asked her about a referral to the Halvar Jonson Center.  She thought it would be a positive thing for him,  so we started the process.  James and I flew out to  Edmonton and stayed with my bestie out there.  She was an incredible chauffeur and hostess to us while we were there.  She drove us to Lacombe on Sunday and we went to church where the Ponoka members go to church.  We met some really cool people and everyone was very nice!  We even met the doctor from the center at church!  That was kind of funny.  When I explained to someone that we were out to check out the center,  they told me that there was a doctor who worked there in the ward. When they introduced us we quickly realized that we were going to meet at the center the next day!   We went to Ponoka on Sunday afternoon and explored the town,  then we stayed at a hotel in ponoka,  and explored some more on Monday morning and went to the center in the afternoon.  They did an informal assessment and we had a tour.  I think even James was impressed!  We are now waiting to see if the BC Ministry of health will fund him to go the Center.  It is a longer stay than the rehab programs available in BC.  He would stay for anywhere from 4 months to a year.  We are planning to move out to Ponoka for the time that he is there.  We are not sure exactly what that will look like right now, as to where we would live,  but we are exploring some options.  I think James' best shot at the most success is if the family is nearby and he can be with us on weekends.  

While we are waiting to hear from the ministry of health,  James is continuing to have physiotherapy 3 times a week,  go to the pool once a week and the gym twice a week.  He has a worker (She is awesome!)who takes his to most of these appointments and also helps him with his physio excercises and speech excercises five days a week!  He is keeping busy and continuing to work on his rehabilition the best he can at home.