9/18 Update

It's great to be in SJ with Shannon.  She continues to get stronger and gain more arm strength.  We are only 6 days away from going home.  Shannon has hit all of her milestones and is cleared to go.  She is still struggling with blood pressure issues, but they will discharge her as is and allow her to continue to work on her medications.  Her body will hopefully figure out what it is supposed to be doing as well.  As for me, I've already started getting checked off on all of the things I need to be able to do for her to be discharged.  The only thing that can postpone her date is me not mastering a skill.  I'm fairly certain that would not go over well and cause a little strain in the marriage.  :)  We have covered lots of transfers today including bed, wheelchair, floor, and shower.  Yesterdays class included cooking and Shannon was in charge of the cookies.  She was able to do everything but melt the butter and take to cookies in and out of the oven.  It is amazing how that determination drives her to find unique ways to solve problems.

For those that have asked for more information on how this happened, I originally thought that it was the landing that broke Shannon's neck.  After talking with her and looking at her helmet, it looks like the impact was not the problem, but the fact that the driver did not stop fast enough and drover over her.  Her head got caught on something and that is why there was so much damage.  I'm very glad that she had her helmet on or this would have been very different.  The 70 year old driver had to back-up about 6 feet so the paramedics could get to her.  He was traveling less than 10 mph and I try not to think about the fact that if he had reacted faster, that this would have had a different outcome.

But enough of that, I look forward to another day tomorrow of getting things signed off the list.