Hello to everyone! Jason is alive and doing well, here in Fallbrook, CA. His daughters are both doing well and both of them are now in High School. They are both living with us full time, for the time being. Once their mother has found a place to call home, the girls will begin spending more time with her. Jason is recovering from a recent surgery, where they came up with a new process to help with a skin graft, and it looks like it is going to be taking this time. The good news with this is he will be able to get more things done, in his life and not have to depend on me and others for so much of his comfort. There is also a bit of a down side, in that he is unable to play sled hocky right now, and we're not sure when he will be able to get back on to the ice. The regular practices have begun again and the season opener is not too far away. Another positive that has come along in his life is that he has a regular girl friend now, and someone he can reach out to whenever he wants ...
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First - Happy Easter to you all!! We attended the 11:00am services and it was packed. This was a much happier and more "normal" Easter than last year, and I'm glad. I want to apologize that I didn't get any pictures, but I do know that Linda has taken a few these past several days, so it is just a matter of me getting time with her 'droid and then I can pull a few over here. It has been an amazing last several days... yet it all began a little over three (3) years ago. You see, Amber H. (I forgot to ask her if I could put her name in this blog) attempted to reach out to me, to ask if I was Jason's dad, and if he had lost his military dog tags. Well, as it turned out I didn't see this outreach until just a couple of weeks ago. When I did see it my first reaction was - "Is this some kind'a scam?" I decided to cautiously respond back to Amber, now 3-years later, just to see what kind of response I would get. As it turned out she got back to me ...
10 Alive Day (10 Years after the blast)
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Wow! It has been 10 years today, that Jason was injured and despite all the expectations from the medical folks, he's still alive and as positive and active as ever. Most of you are aware that he is into sled-hockey and that we haven't been able to get out and play for over a year now. There is a positive side to all this, though, as the timing of the shut downs and the length of the pandemic. It began just as Jason's team (the Ducks) was getting ready to go to the championship tournament, in Philadelphia, when everything was shut down. This meant that because they were defending champions they simply maintained the title. Then the following season was cancelled so the third year they have kept the title as well... trouble is that no- body wants to keep it that way. They would rather be out there on the ice and having some real games and doing what they do best... PLAY HOCKEY! We do understand now, that the games are very likely to begin again soon, so everybody is doing t...
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Happy Holidays to everyone! What can I say? It has been over a year since my last touch of this blog and I guess it just feels like I should do something now. My guess is that there aren't many folks continuing to view this, as there haven't been much in the way of updates by me. Other than doing our best to work through the COVID19 intrusions and challenges, I'd have to say we're doing well, overall. There have been some changes to Jason's general condition, with most of that being good, and so I'll get some of that updated with this. First, Jason has had more surgery. Yeah, we know, he is the one person who really wants to avoid surgery and to simply do his best to go on living. The challenges though are that due to the injuries there are still a few things that can be improved, with his urinary track being a big one they wanted to get to. It was a reconstructive surgery that was basically successful. The doctor initially said he thought he would have very goo...
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Again, I have no reasonable excuse other than to say I got side tracked. On the last post I mentioned that Jason had gotten injured, while playing in the hockey tournament. Well, as it turned out it was a more serious injury than either of us had suspected. The outcome was that he lost some soft tissue and a section of his pelvic bone was exposed (about the size of a quarter) and he is now required to have a wound-vac so that it can heal properly. This means that he has to spend most of his time in bed and can only be up in his chair for no more than 20 minutes at a time, and that followed by hours of rest time. The rest time is for the injury, and not necessarily for Jason, as he isn't tired. As you can imagine, he gets very board with this "life style" and wants to get up and go do something. We've been going in to wound-care frequently, once or twice each week, and they keep telling us, "...we'll take a look at it next week, to see what happens next....
Happy St. Patrick's Day 2019
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Today is eight years since Jason came out of the induced coma and he has been on a overall positive trail ever since. There have been a few set backs and the expected twists and turns, but overall he is doing pretty well. The last post talk about the Colorado Hockey Tournament, and it was a fun and challenging event. The down side was that two of the players on the Ducks, Jason's team, were injured and one of those two was Jason. The first one was the more serious injury, as Sarah, the team captain, was hit in the throat by a puck, at close rang and it took her out of the tournament. Her larynx was hit and it totally knock her out, for a few seconds. Fortunately her husband, Matt, was there and he was able to help her to a moderate level of recovery and then took her to the hospital. She seems to have made a full recovery now and will be skating again as soon as she can get to the ice. The second injury, Jason's, was when he fell over, while making a fast turn, and slid right...
Visiting Colorado - Friday, March 8 2019
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Hello! It has been brought to my attention that I am not doing a very good job of updating the blog and to help rectify that I am putting this update in there... We are currently in Colorado, and are here to play Sled Hockey! This is Jason's outside activity and he loves it. We drove here from Fallbrook, about 1500 miles, and it was an interesting journey. We were able to stop and visit with my brother Lance and his daughter Jennifer, so that made the trip a bunch easier to handle. Linda didn't come with us this time due to the fact that Gracie does not travel any more and she volunteered to stay home with her. From the reports we're getting, Gracie is doing well and following Linda around, everywhere. The games begin today, and I'll be taking some pictures, but won't be posting until we get back home, where I can down load them on to my home computer. I should be able to provide a bunch more information there, as well. We got in yesterday evening, about 15 minu...
January 2017
Jason gets a visit from Gen. Jon Monett
January 2017
With Gary at the GSF Office