~Bobby's Update Page~

Well, Bobby in now a teenager. How time fly's.
Ten years ago we brought home a little boy doing nothing but breathing, and now we have a young man who is shocking the Doctors, and everyone who come in contact with him.
Those who knew Bobby right after the drowning, can not believe how far this young man has come.
Everyone always says what a good job we are doing with him. Believe me, it not us. It's Bobby willing to do what we ask of him. It's Bobby, who has the hard job in life.
Bobby has taught us more about life, and has given us more lessons then we ever wanted to learn.
In the last 10 years Bobby has touched more hearts than the anyone I know. His BIG brown eyes, and long eye lashes just melt everyone's hearts. 
We started school this year. Going everyday, but it was just to much for him, and we were losing ground with Bobby movement, so he is again being home schooled. He goes to school once a week, just to interact with other's than us at home. 
We now have it on paper, that Bobby will answer you by blinking. He showed the Dr.'s and nurses this with his last surgery. When he was waking up from the surgery  the nurses talked to him, and he answered everything right with his blinking. We were so proud of him, and so were the nurses and Dr.'s. The one Dr. told us that he would have never believed that this would happen with Bobby, because of the brain damage.
Well Bobby showed them, DON'T EVER GIVE UP
We are waiting on getting a new wheelchair. First one in 9 years. We, have been working on it since Aug. and we should have it by Jan. of next year 2005.
Will keep updating, as time goes by.
Life is Good
~New Update~
Well, we are coming up on the 11 year mark. We have seen a lot of changes in the last 11 years. The most important is that Bobby is still showing the Dr.'s that Love, Hope, and lots of hard work that anything is possible.

Bobby is doing better than anyone ever expected. He has good health, and a personality that won't quit. His BIG brown eyes can melt anyone's Heart is a sec. He know how to us his eyes to flirt and he will bat them at any girl who will talk to him.

He is getting to be quit a young man. He is now 5 ft. 2 inches, and weights 86 lb. He is almost taller than Grandma.

We have stopped the Botox injections, and are now using a Ten's unit. So one more drug has been cut of the list.

We have started to work with a bell for Bobby to call us when he needs us. He really learned fast how to ring it, and likes to play games with us. He will ring the bell, when we go to him, he will smile and turn his head away from us. We keep telling him about the Little Boy who cried Wolf all the time, but he still thinks it funny.

We are working on getting new seating so we can start using the lift with Bobby. So that is our next big jump in life, and also trying to get a new hospital bed. But that will all come in time.

Well that's about it. We just take one day at a time, and it has gotten us this far, so I think that's the way that we will keep going.

From the baby boy that we brought home 11 years ago to the young man we have today, GOD has been very good to Bobby and his family, and WE need to THANK HIM for that .

Update:

Well we are going on to our 12th year.  It sure has went fast, with lots of improvements. 

 Bobby is now 16, and is 5ft 4 1/2 inches. And 105 lb. A long cry from there little boy we brought home 12 years ago. 

This year Bobby got a new Hil-Rom bed, and a ez transfer sheet for his bed.  He is getting just to big and heavy  for us to be lifting him up in bed.  With the ez transfer sheet all we have to do is crank the handle and up he goes in bed.  It has been a God sent to my back and also the PCA's.  We also got a new head support that Bobby and we like.  It don't look so medical, and the support is GREAT. 

We also had a few other things go on this year.  Last Thanksgiving we spent 11 days in the hospital for kidney stones.  That was the worse I think that we have gone thru in a long time.  The pain was so bad that Bobby had seizers for 2 hours, before they could get it under control.  All of this was from the pain of the stone.  Then he had a UTI so they could not blow up the stone until the UTI was gone.  What a nightmare, but got rid of them and only stayed overnight after they were blew them up. 

We had hip tendon release done, so he can sit in his wheelchair better.  All turned out good there.  So now we are just kind of hanging out and waiting for Spring to get here.   

 We found out this late winter that Papa has bone cancer, so if anyone has any extra prayers send them Papa's way.

 Otherwise all is good here.  Checking out some new therapy's, like Ice and vibration, but haven't started anything yet. Have to wait for the tendon surgery to heal first.

 Hope this finds everyone happy and healthy.  Just make sure to never give up.  Always listen to your heart, and never let anyone tell you that it's a dumb idea.  Because all idea's were dumb at one point and time.

 Anna, Bobby and Papa 

12/9/08

Well it's been a long time coming but here is a update on Bobby.

 He is now 17 years old, and has grown into a young man.  We have started shaving and all the other good things that go along with becoming a man.

 This last year has been a rough one for us.  Bobby had kidneys stones, and just a few weeks ago he had sinners  surgery.  He can now breath a lot better, and the Dr. Told us that his nose had been broken a long time ago.  Who know when that happen.  There was lots of blockiest in the sinners and Dr. Said it should have been done a long time ago.  Now maybe we won't have so many upper respiratory  problems, and a lot less drainage down the throat.

 Bobby's Mom got engaged this year on her birthday, so we are planning a wedding for Aug 1st., and Bobby will be in the wedding.   

 We also found out this year that Papa has bone cancer ,so we are dealing with that also.  It's been a lot of running to the Dr with Papa and doing chemo and such.  But things are looking up with that so we just keep praying.

 Our plate just keeps getting fuller and fuller.  But the Good Lord don't give us any more than we can handle, I just wish that sometimes he didn't think we were so strong.

 Grandma is doing fine, and trying to keep the boat afloat as always.

I had to do the garden this year by myself, as Papa helped plant it and then the cancer hit, so that left me to keep it weed free. 

Well, got lots of food in the jars so it worked out fine.

 Well, that's about it.  We just keep plugging along, and keep praying for our near drown kids, and that they all keep improving.  That is all we can do.

Good morning all,
 
Well, Easter has come and gone, and today the 16th of April is here once again.
 
15 years ago today it was Easter, and the family was all coming home for Easter dinner.  The meal was cooked, and served, and the kids just needed to go outside to play with there toys, and the table needed cleaning off so the strawberry short cake could be served.
Going outside to get the kids to come for short cake, there were no kids to be seen, calling, and calling, then yelling and yelling did no good.  They were not answering and the hunt begun.  The hunt ended with finding the Twins in a pond filled with water.
4/16/2009
That day our family received a Angel in Heaven and also got to keep a Angel right here on earth.
 
We are now 15 years out from that day, and our lives have been changed forever.
We have learned to cry real tears, and laugh real laughs, we have learned how to handle people who don't know what to say when they met us with a special needs child in a wheel chair.
 
  We have leaned what it is like to lose close friends because they don't know how to handle being around us, and we have learned  that life goes on without us being at every family doings.
Our friends and family who understand when we say no we can't make it, or when on the phone and say "have to go" and we hang up.  They are the ones we hold close to our hearts.
 
Bobby has been a blessing for the last 15 years.  He has taught us the true meaning of Love, Family, and Friends.
 
He has also taught us how to speak up for him and our self when we know things are not right.  He has taught many many people that being special needs is not the problem, the problem is people have not been taught, that all people are special just in different ways.  We all have special needs, people just don't see them.
 
We have had our ups and down in the last 15 years, but 95% of it has been up.
From the little 3 1/2 year old boy to a full pledge young man now 17, 18 in Aug. Life has not been a hardship at all, it was just a different turn in the road and was not planned  The hospital stays are not fun at all, being away from home, and not having the control over things are the worse, but when the hospital is the best place for Bobby so be it.  But LORD it's good to get home again. 
 
The lessons that have been taught by this young man can not be learned in a school, book or a classroom.  It's called life, and life is the best teacher there is.  The most important lesson that has been taught by this young man, Is that if you listen, watch and really keep your eyes open you will lean more than you ever new about the true meaning of life.
 
Well, that's about it. Today we are going to take it easy, and just enjoy the day.  Sit back and do some reflecting on life, and how good it has really been to us.
 
Love
Anna and Bobby