Posts by Ernie & Ashleigh Szabo

We went to see Willie again. He is very nice and a great singer.  I don’t know how he keeps up such a difficult schedule and yet sings with such energy and joy.  It was great for us because our good friend was up from Florida just in time to go with us.  Thanks to…

My wife has been worried for some time that Ashleigh may have some thyroid issues as a result of her TBI.  She had a battery of blood tests but the results came back within the normal range.  It was not until months later when she read more about the thyroid tests that we found out…

I don’t want to jinx anything but Ashleigh has been on a roll lately in her therapies.  She has been walking across our living room floor with the help of a roll-ater.  When she started a few years ago she could do maybe three trips.  In the past month or two she has been breaking…

If you are like us you have a collection of medicines and supplies that you take with you wherever you go.  Ours includes a suction machine, oxygen tank, anti-seizure emergency meds, pulse ox reader, inhaler, nebulizer, oral swabs, and various eye drops . On top of that we have extra clothes, gloves, hats, drinks and…

Our PT, Julian, set up a trial for us with a fellow PT who teaches at a local university in the Physical Therapy department.  This person with his partner developed a harness and pulley system to use in therapy.  It would help us when Ashleigh walks not have to worry about her falling.  It could…

My wife started all of us on Krill Oil a few months ago.  It is easier for Ashleigh to take and seems to have less side effects than the fish oil we had tried in the past.  Ashleigh recently got her blood work done and her cholesterol was significantly down. The Krill Oil was the…

We bought a  Transfer Pivot Disk that is great for a person who can do a stand and pivot transfer.  The helper places the disk under the person’s feet and does the stand as usual.  Then, with one of the helper’s feet partially on the disk to act as the brake you can spin the…

We were Christmas shopping and we saw a couple of Marines in the mall.  Ashleigh and her Mom asked if she could get her picture made with them.  Very nice guys but they look so young.  It was funny because after we asked for a picture other people were asking them for a picture as…

Ashleigh’s cousin’s little boy, Evan, is at our house quite a bit and we all love it.  His birthday was coming up and he decided he wanted a Spiderman suit.  So Ashleigh and I searched online and we ordered the suit for his birthday.  I guess the first few days he wore it non-stop.  His grandmother even…

Ashleigh and her Mom always make a point of going up and thanking any uniformed service members they see.  I always give Ash a hard time that she is just trying to meet cute guys. The young lady in the picture below is the daughter of a lady who works for an agency that provides…