Thanks GIRLS!!

Thank you B-Dub (Buffalo Wild Wings) girls!! We talked to a few of you, and decided to take your tips and buy Cassidy a brand new 120GB Zune!!! (like an IPOD) We went with this because it seemed to be the most space for your money and has a MUCH bigger screen and easier buttons for navigation. We are hoping this will help with her hand and eye coordination and give her some sanity by having some of her music.

How WONDERFUL you all are to donate your tips!! And we will make sure SHE KNOWS you girls bought it for her!!!

I have about 20 CD’s of hers that I am going to get to MP3’s and put on the Zune. If there is any song that you just know Cassidy would LOVE to have on her new Zune, please email me at starcassidy@live.com the Title and the artist. Once I get a list compiled, I will download them.

Think of the song she ALWAYS turned up on the radio in the car…or the song you ALWAYS HAD to listen to and sing at the top of your lungs!! Music can take you back to a very specific time and place in your life just by hearing THAT song….let’s do that for her and help her escape every now and then….just make sure it is a HAPPY memory, kay =)

Thanks girls!!

Aunt B

PS We DID visit today and she is doing good! I’m going to get Uncle Gregg to blog on that later!

NEW INK

My family and I got tattoos in honor of Cassidy last night. If you know Cassidy, you know she will LOVE this. She has 3 herself. It is a cross with the letter C in it surrounded by shooting stars. Her mother, her 2 sisters, me and her GRANDMOTHER got it!! That's right, my mother got her first tattoo at the age of 70 for Cassidy!!! She ROCKS!!

Cassidy is doing good today. Going thru therapy and sleeping well after being stimulated all day. I really like this place, I think they are going to do great things with Cassidy.

Uncle Greggster plans on making a visit on Saturday, maybe I can get him back on here with all his wisdom and blog =)

Love you all!

Aunt B

WHAT PROGRESS!!!

She was sitting up in a wheelchair when I got there!! Lots of therapist in and out making her do things so we can see just what she is capable of.

And her EYES!! My gosh, they are wide open and beautiful!!! She will look right at you with her big doe eyes...so beautiful. I read her all your emails...she loved it. I had her FULL attention when I was reading those. Some made her laugh, some made her cry...and we got BIG smiles out of her!! It really does help to have those to read to her. Especially the ones that talk about what YOU are doing, or how you are missing her in your daily life...or recalling a funny time that she has had with you...those where the ones she enjoyed the most!! Loved it!!!

It is heartbreaking to watch in one sense and then you are also so EXCITED just to see her sitting up and alive. Mixed emotions, I tell ya.

The staff at the rehab center is WONDERFUL. They all seem VERY surprised that it was her first day there, and they are positive she is going to make a full recovery. You should see the look of surprise they have on their faces as they watch her determination and will to do what they ask. They have no idea how much of a fighter this little girl is...and how determined she can be!

Love the place and loved the progress! We did talk to the nurses and they thought a schedule for visitors was a GREAT idea!! They really do not want her over stimulated or too many visitors at once. The schedule is the plan, and we will start in a few weeks. They wanted to wait until she is settled in, resting and maybe communicating a little better so she won't be so frustrated when you do get to visit. We'll get ya up there, promise. It is just a lot for her to take right now.

Keep those emails coming...it is a great way for you to communicate with her right now, and I think she really enjoyed it.

...keep praying for a FULL recovery so we get the old Cassidy back!......

See my girl today!

I'm going to see my girl today. I've been away too long. I want to check out the new place myself and see her smiling face.

Her mom said she slept pretty well last night, even got herself all curled up and snoring...a cute delicate snore, of course =)

I'm taking some of your emails....if she is up for it, I'll be reading them to her today...I can't wait.

I'll blog more after I return.

Aunt B

SORRY!!

Busy day for me and Cassidy!!

I was unable to help Cassidy today, but she did get moved to a rehab facility on the east side. The speech therapist did pay a visit this morning. It has been determined that due to the brain damage she has suffered, she can not talk or eat right now. She WILL over come this in therapy and this is one of the FIRST things they will be working on.

The new facility has strict rules and strict visiting hours. I believe we are going to try and come up with some sort of schedule in the next few weeks so some of you can start visiting. We need to let her settle and let the therapist start doing their jobs.

I hope to be contacting some of you in a few weeks to set up some visits...only time will tell.

Cassidy is embarking on a whole new chapter in her life, and a very hard one. This is going to be so hard on all of us to watch her go through this. I fully believe she will come out of this...maybe even stronger then before, but that does not make the road to success easy.

...keep praying....

Aunt B

...Waiting...

We are still waiting on the evaluation to see if she is getting moved today or what is happening next.

She was restless last night. She's having a hard time. She can't quit wake up all the way yet, and I think she is sick of just sitting there. We all know she never sits still for long.

I hope the evaluation and the move will help stimulate her brain and get her moving in the right direction.

I'll let you know as soon as I know something...

Aunt B

Doing good!

She just keeps getting better and better!! They moved her out of ICU into just a regular room. She will be evaluated this week to see what facility she will need next for rehabilitation and therapy.

The moved wore her out, but she is stronger then ever!! I just can't believe it!! She is doing better and better everyday!! She still isn't talking, sitting up, eating or swallowing YET but that is all to come in time!!

Up again!!

Yep, I got there this morning and she had been awake for a few hours...she's not happy thou. It won't be to long she'll be sitting up and trying to talk/eat/drink, I'm sure. I got a dirty look when I said Good Morning today. =) Too many people, too much confusion, frustration and still some pain.

She tries to sit up, she asks for a drink, she tries to yank the tube out of her nose....she is not happy! That is SUCH a good thing!!! I love seeing her have an attitude....it's SO her!!

It won't be long now....she is doing so well and come so far! I'm so excited....even if it was a dirty look I got this morning!! =)

The family is meeting with the neurologist tomorrow morning, we'll know more about what is to come next after that.

Aunt B