HADLEY

We don't have the best of news, but we don't have the worst of news either. The doctor has been in today and explained the situation that Hadley is in. The spot on Hadley's brain that he was born with the doctors are concerned with. They say that it has a 1 in 10 chance of hemorrhaging, so they plan on watching it really closely. In the meantime they are still going to do the therapy, and give his brain a little more time to heal. They are wanting to do this for 30 days and when that 30 days are up they will send Hadley to Utah for surgery on that part of his brain. We want Hadley to get the rest that he needs and hopefully his brain will heal sooner so they can get that spot fixed and we can get past that stage and on to the healing stage.

We are now on day 13 and trust me it feels like months. This makes us all take a step back in life and really think about what is important. I know it has opened my eyes to just what my priorities are some I need to change and some I will never change. I has also opened my eyes to the people that care about Hadley and our family. They have been wonderful and so helpful. It is nice to know that people really sincerely care about us and I want to Thank all of you for the things that you have done.

Kimorie

These are after the ventilator and tubes were removed. The little tube in his nose is a feeding tube and everything else is gone. I am sure he is much more comfortable with all of that off of him.

I am going to explain the monkey so Hadley isn't upset with me when he wakes up. One of the nurses had asked us the other day why a 14 year old boy has a funny looking monkey? She wasn't quite sure if that was his favorite stuffed animal or what. The reason for it is this past Christmas Hadley got that monkey for his neice MaCrae who will be two in Ocotber. I told her she could pick one of her stuffed animals out to take so Hadley has someone to sleep and snuggle with at night and of course she chose the monkey.