5/8/2012

Carol had her what he hope to be her last surgery for some time in late February.  She had two bones in her right leg fused, in hopes it would be comfortable to walk on.  This morning was the first morning I saw her legs sitting by the bed in the morning versus her wheelchair in a couple months.....so she is healing up I would say.

Scott

4/16/2012

I officially hate tax day!!!! Anyway, Carol has been super busy trying to figure out a way to get out and talk to people. It seems she is talking to a different person each week that is going through a similiar situation or family members that are. It brings a smile to her face to do so:) She is talking at a local college event soon, and also at a Amputee rehab conference for rehab doctors I think.

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12/15/2011

Not sure how we found it today, but the article in self came out. Thanks Maryn and Coral, and all others involoved. It's great:) the link is below

http://www.self.com/health/2012/01/saving-carol-decker?fb_ref=social_fblike&fb_source=profile_oneline

11/07/2011

Wow, I haven't been able to post in this for some time due to not being able to log in, but finally got it squared away. It has been a busy year. Carol continues to amaze. She still does hand therapy on her right hand, which has alot of function now. She still doesn't wear a left hand prosthesis, she doesn't feel that it helps her much. It doesn't "sense" anything, so that is the issue there. Her legs are doing very well. She has therapy still out walking about, and she is getting good at walking on main roads safely. She has been getting training the the department of services for the blind on that for quite some time. Other things she has been busy with, besides the girls, are speaking a little bit. She seems to have some aspirations to do some, I don't know what exactly to call it, but people are interested in hearing her talk about herself, and she seems to like to do it. I don't really do her make up anymore, help her with food anymore. The only thing I really help Carol with is setting out her clothes in the morning, which she told me this last weekend I won't have to do much longer. She really has gained 95% of her independence back. The girls are 3 and 4 now. Chloe started preschool and is doing great there. they both are really blossoming lately, getting real smart, playing more and more outside. We have the same nanny, who is always great. She will be leaving us in March next year, so we will have to deal with getting someone new at that point. I tried to start explaining that one to the girls and turns out wasn't the best idea. All I heard for a couple days was "when is nanny leaving us? Tomorrow?" Both girls are doing girly stuff like ballet, and gymnastics, which they really love.

In January SELF magazine is doing a story on Carol. They have been out to the house a couple times this year planning for that and taking pictures. I will try and post somemore now that I can access this again. We had pictures done yesterday's at Willow's. Carol looks great in this picture!!

6/10/2011

Well it's been three years today.....happy birthday Safiya!! Thought I should leave a small post today and just say that everything is going fine. Life progresses health wise for Carol all the time, she walks, is a great mom and wife, and everything else a "normal" family is. She continues to get new prosthetics for her legs every once in awhile as needed. She is going to have her final right leg surgery before the holidays this year. There is a bone regrowth somewhere, that's makes it hard to walk on for long lengths of time. She doesn't ever really wear her left arm prosthetic, she finds she is more comfortable and do more without it. She goes to a hand therapist to work on her right hand every week, and a physical therapist in Puyallup who has a lot of experience with amputees. I would say the biggest changes with Carol the last couple months is that she really seems to have a good oversight of the house, not that she wasn't doing well at that before, but now pretty much I have no idea what is going on there schedule wise, and it all is getting done, because she manages it all:) The girls are also doing well, still small, but growing. Thanks for all the support. The Deckers

12/24/2010

Happy Holidays everyone!!!! Thanks for all the support the last couple years.

Carol, Scott, Chloe, and Safiya

12/7/2010

So time to update:)

Carol is telling me what to put on this post. So for halloween the girls went trick or treating down our street both dressed as butterflies. They got to learn all the in's and out's of that; like we only know on doors with lights on, and we only take 1 piece of candy, not a handful.

Throughout October and November Carol was very busy with therapies at home, as her formal in house rehab we knew was coming to a close at the beginning of December. She spent the majority of her therapy the last couple months working on learning how to cook/work in the kitchen. She has made dinner several times now...which is great. Today, with our nannies great help she hosted a lunch party where she made salads and soup for all of her therapists.

We had a great thanksgiving at our house and at one of my brothers. I got to learn how to cook all the stuff with Carol's direction and her mom's help...turned out good. For me, work has been going very well, and been very rewarding.

Carol's right hand continues to get more function, although far from the way it was....she is continuing hand therapy in our hometown. Carol got a new electric wheelchair, although she only really uses a chair if she goes to the mall or long distances. We are turning kind of a new page in her recovery being done with the all day rehab. She plans on making new different goals, bigger goals. Getting back into the snow somehow, going on walks by herself, maybe getting a dog to help. Figure out ways to teach the girls. She can do so many things with them from changing Safiya's poopy diapers to bathing them.

Chloe turns 4 in a couple of weeks....she is doing very well. The girls in general are getting along sooooo much better. It's like Chloe all of a sudden realized Safiya is going to be around for awhile so why not play with her all the time. Safiya is talking alot, and has developed into a little kid instead of a baby. I guess she came out of her bedroom today, looked at Carol and said "what happened to your hand".....every started laughing and she replied " I am cracking you guys up". She is going to be the class clown. Safiya used the toilet for the first time last weekend, that we had seen anyway. It was rumored she had gone already. Can't wait for diapers to be over....never thought I would have changed as many poopy diapers as I have. The girls still do kindermusick every week in town. Chloe finished soccer, which she loved, and now is trying gymnastics, which she really likes.

We got the xmas tree up the day after thanksgiving....light around the house this weekend?!?

thanks for all support the last couple years.

The Decker