Bellington, WA

 I stayed in a hotel room for 2 weeks.  Spent my days at the hospital then back to the hotel at night.  Our nurses were amazing!  I did have my favorites tho.  lol  Erin, Kate, Anson, Sara and Cory was our speech pathologist.  We also had physical therapist who came many times.  Some of the nurses we had a few times.  They had day shifts and night shifts with very long hours, always making sure Anson was comfortable and getting him anything he needed. 

He did alot of sleeping the first few days but he improved so fast after that.  He was in alot of pain and needed medication for about a week then it was just muscle relaxers and tylenol. 

first smile

                                Elder Jones his companion at the time sent me this photo...

                            the first goal was to get him to be able to sit in a chair a few times a day

Anson with nurse Anson

                                                        Ansons window with the balloon in it.