Father in Law Update

A lot of you wonderful people have been asking how my Father in Law, Jerry has been doing so I thought I would post an update here.

For those that don’t know my Father in Law Jerry was in a very serious plane crash back on Sunday, May 30th. Here is a link to an article and video on the news story: http://cbs11tv.com/local/boyd.plane.crash.2.1723846.html

Jerry was the passenger in the plane; we are not entirely sure what the purpose of the flight was but we think he was giving lessons to the pilot as Jerry is a long time pilot with several planes of his own. The pilot survived as well and is recovering still but had done *much* better than Jerry & was moved out of the ICU weeks ago. Jerry on the other hand was very bad off. He was given a 5% chance to live & at one point recently was even downgraded from that & the hospital pretty much told us to prepare ourselves.

Jerry is still in the ICU but for the first time in it seems like forever I have GOOD NEWS! He is improving! When we saw him on Saturday he was off the ventilator & breathing on his own; they will only use the vent to rest him at night. He was able to actually focus on us and the most amazing part; with assistance from the nurses (due to his trach tube) he was able to say a muffled word to us. The hospital is now talking about physical therapy and what is going to happen next when he is moved out of the ICU!

Obviously, it’s been a crazy month for Hubby and I (Hubby was actually in Sweden when the accident happened; I had to call him and wake him up to give him the news) so we were pretty thankful for the holiday weekend. We seemed to be able to relax for the first time in too long after such a positive visit on Saturday with Jerry.

Thank you to everyone for your well wishes & thoughts. I appreciate them more than you could know. I’m sure Jerry does too.

Thought I would post another update on Jerry. I am thrilled to be able to report that as of this weekend Jerry is officially out of ICU! He’s in a long term care unit now. Had the trach tube removed and is able to talk on his own now although it wears him out quite a bit to do so. His kidneys are starting to work on their own a teeny bit now but something is better than nothing! He doesn’t remember anything about the accident but understands what must have happened.

So he has a long road ahead of him but it looks like he is on his way!