Yesterday the nurse who settled Rob in for the night managed to hit the “repeat” button on his CD player so he had to listen to the first track of one of his many books on “tape” over and over and over and over… and his arms were tucked in under the blanket… so he couldn’t get to the call button… thank goodness for strong pain medicine.

Today was a long day. All of the tests done by Rob’s new team at Kessler had positive outcomes. In fact the doctor recomfirmed that the injury to Rob’s spinal cord is “incomplete” - meaning that not only are there no severed fibers, but wherever along the length of the cord the injury is, it does NOT involve all of the fibers along a cross section of the cord. We all have to get used to the idea of waiting though because it may take months for the swelling in Rob’s spinal cord to resolve so that an actual injury can be diagnosed.

Tomorrow will be rough because it’ll include Rob’s first session of PT at the rehab facility. We hear they’re drill sergeants here - no snooze buttons, no skipping meals, no days off (except Sundays). So send good, strong, positive energy his way, especially between 10:30 and noon… (east coast time, for all you left-coasters)

Everyone is so happy that Rob is finally here, so close to home, and so much sooner than we first thought. It’ll take some time to settle into a schedule, to get used to the intensive twice-daily PT/OT sessions. Visitors will be great, but probably not until Sunday or during the week. Rob loves hearing your messages though, knowing that you’re all pulling for him, sending your love and hope and prayers. I know he’d love to see your faces, if only in pictures for now (we’ve started a collage on one of the walls in his room), so keep it all coming.

More tomorrow…

Well we’re all here in New Jersey and Robert has settled into his room. Today has been a lot of evals and introductions, some baseline blood work and x-rays… but tomorrow the regular schedule of therapy will start. The visiting hours here are MUCH more liberal than in the hospital - I’ll post specifics later or tomorrow. For now, know that Rob made it here in one piece and we’re all ready for the next phase of his recovery to get going