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Ashleigh did some talking in the middle of the night again the other day. My wife asked how she was doing and she said fine. My wife said she loved her and Ashleigh said she loved her too. My wife said she loved her more and Ash said no, she loved her more. My wife…

  I was very fortunate to be a participant in the Department Of Defense grant review process. Congress allocated special funding for research into Traumatic Brain Injury and Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome TBI/PTSD for our troops in 2007. I participated in three of the four sessions from Nov. 2007 through Jan. 2008. The funds have…

Here are some pictures of Ashleigh in her standing frame playing with her dog Sophie. In the first two pictures Ashleigh is getting Sophie to stand on her hind legs and dance. She spins around a couple of times for the treat. Very cute.

Ashleigh just had a check-up with her Neurosurgeon Dr. Zuccarello. The good news is that her CT shows everything is stable after her brain injury. In fact, Dr. Zuccarello said that her ventricles even look a little smaller. Here is a picture with Ashleigh and Dr. Zuccarello.

You may have seen articles in the paper recently where rehab centers have been using Nintendo Wii’s as part of their brain injury rehab program. Thanks to our PT, Julian, Ashleigh has been doing her own Wii therapy since last year. Here are a couple of photos showing Ashleigh playing her favorite “cow-racing” game.

Ashleigh recently bought the cutest puppy! The dog is a mix between a toy poodle and a Bichon Frise. Ashleigh named her Sophie.

Ashleigh got an Evolv Standing Frame from EasyStand that she has been using in therapy. This stander has a lot more support for her when standing. She has been able to increase the time she is able to stand.

We recently had a death in the family as we lost our patriarch, Dave, who all the grandkids and great-grandkids simply called “Pap”. He was a wonderful man, very intelligent, caring, and soft-spoken. Dave is my wife’s father and his death was unexpected and is still devastating to our very tight-knit family.

Ashleigh gave me a great birthday present yesterday. When I got home from a job my wife said Ashleigh had a surprise for me and she was able to purposefully move the pointer finger on her left hand. This is really the first time she has been able to do that since her accident in…