Jacoby update -- thread---

Tommy · Thu Jul 15, 10 5:10 pm

Cough, Mike, cough!

steph&sarg · Since 09 Jul 2010 50 Posts Hood River, Or.

Mike's heading into surgery to have his jaw fixed ! We LOVE you Mike !!!!!!!
Tony , Steph & Anthony Barbieri

steph&sarg · Since 09 Jul 2010 50 Posts Hood River, Or.

Pleased that Dad is feeling optimistic. Mike was sitting in a chair and put his feet on a footstool, crossed them and then put his feet back on the floor. Humor and reassurance that he is "in there"!

steph&sarg · Since 09 Jul 2010 50 Posts Hood River, Or.

Mike's jaw surgery has been put on hold, BUT he is still AWAKE !!!!!!!! Yahooo!!!!!!

steph&sarg · Since 09 Jul 2010 50 Posts Hood River, Or.

Mike is out of surgery now. It went well and he is in recovery for now. Not sure how fast one gets out of the general anesthesia haze. More later tonight......Update: Mike's jaw is swollen a bit. He will be groggy tomorrow for a while. Not much else to say. Good night all. (last night )

steph&sarg · Since 09 Jul 2010 50 Posts Hood River, Or.

Mike's mom says that he looks great this morning. Eyes wide open. He replies to comments with a clear "awesome" etc. Then they wired his jaw shut. The rubber bands broke when he sneezed. He did listen on the phone and responded. It all looks good. We hope that the wire can be removed in a week.

steph&sarg · Since 09 Jul 2010 50 Posts Hood River, Or.

I visited Mike for a few minutes today on my break. He had those big baby blues wide open and stared at me for a minute or two when I was talking to him. I couldn't understand what he said when I asked him if his jaw hurt (not sure if they have his jaw wired shut after surgery). It was probably something like ' duh, of... course it does'. I got a little smile when I told him Jeanne and Erin send their love! I got to meet Mikes mom- Mike- what an awesome mom you have! Does the whole family sport those beautiful bright blue eyes? Short visits are probably a good idea (per below post) as Mike needs some time to rest and heal. Mike! Keep healing all those circuits- you are on your way back!!!

steph&sarg · Since 09 Jul 2010 50 Posts Hood River, Or.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30993393&id=1595256898&ref=mf

steph&sarg · Since 09 Jul 2010 50 Posts Hood River, Or.

Mike Jacoby update : Mike has been doing very well. I have not seen him but reports are very good.Writing his name and birthday. Too much to list Can't wait to hear him when he gets the jaw free.

pkh · Since 27 Feb 2005 6549 Posts Couve / Hood Honored Founder

Thanks for the updates, send him our best!

steph&sarg · Since 09 Jul 2010 50 Posts Hood River, Or.

Mike Jacoby update through family: Had a long & wonderful visit with Mike on Wed. and HE IS BACK!!! He is tough to understand b/c his jaw is wired shut (try to talk like that...not easy) but can use a pen totally normally. About 50% of what he wrote was very legible and for the other words he could easily "type" them out on a letterboard for clarificati......on. PT came to get him up and he leapt to sitting and then right to standing by himself before they were even ready! He walked on his own with a spotter and was just a tad shaky (ever been in bed with the flu for a week? That kind of shaky). He seems to be 100% there & looks great. He dropped about 30 lbs this Spring and has shorter hair so as his cousin Tom put it, he looks like he's 30 again. His mom says he should get out of the hospital tomorrow to start rehab.

Windance Crew · Since 18 Apr 2008 473 Posts Hood River Kite Shop Obsessed

Nice going Mike, really glad you made it through a big tough time. See you back on teh trail someday soon I hope.

Thanks Steph and Sarg for the updates

steph&sarg · Since 09 Jul 2010 50 Posts Hood River, Or.

Thanks to all of you & your amazing wishes for Mike....I am so Happy that we were all able to be there for him & help him in his recovery.

Will keep posting as long as I get updates !

Happy Summer !

Steph

steph&sarg · Since 09 Jul 2010 50 Posts Hood River, Or.

Mike is leaving OHSU! He's headed for rehab at Good Sam in NW Portland. He'll be in evaluations most of the day and then probably can have visitors again tomorrow. We'll post the visiting hours but his mom said she thought it was 2PM-8:30PM. I know he's over the hospital scene and will get through rehab like a rock star! More as we know it for sure...

mikeinhoodriver · Since 23 Apr 2009 439 Posts down wind somewhere Obsessed

Great to hear!

steph&sarg · Since 09 Jul 2010 50 Posts Hood River, Or.

Mike is at Good Sam in NW Portland in the RIO building 6th floor room 15-1. He's busy with rehab until 3ish but would love 2-3 visitors today & tomorrow from 3-8:30pm for short visits 1 at a time!

steph&sarg · Since 09 Jul 2010 50 Posts Hood River, Or.

Each day is way better. He is in a really intensive rehab in NW Portland. He said it is way tougher than any athletic training he's ever done! But it is working. His speech is a tad slower than usual but otherwise to see him and talk to him, you can't really tell he got bonked on the head at all. His balance is... stil...l off and he will tell you that straight up, but they expect that he will be darn close to 100% when he is fully recovered. He walked for 15 minutes today though and this time last week 15 feet was the max. Today his parents met with the therapy team and they said Aug. 10 he should be able to go home (with help)! Pretty unreal from where he was 2 weeks ago. I will try to take pics and post them tomorrow. He looks the same though - the young and skinny version of Jacoby. He has been starving after weeks of tube feed.