October 14, 2008

Another couple of weeks have passed since the last update, and it has been a busy and exiting time. Homecoming was October 3rd the Railroaders chalked up another win, and Chris was voted homecoming King (pictured with the homecoming Queen Hailey). Chris is still in the healing process which we were reminded of with his elbow, again one of those open wounds that take along time healing has popped up on his elbow and is very painful for him, most of the time there is a little meat to protect him, on his elbow there is not and it hurts badly to the touch, but again he toughs it out. The weather has turned here and has been down into the teens, the game Saturday the 11th was against McDermitt which is located on the NV and OR border, this was the coldest game so far this year, Chris is having a little bit if a hard time dealing with the change, his skin still does not regulate the temperature properly and the garments are absolutely no protection against the cold like he thought they would be (for anyone that has ever had to wear nomex coveralls, it is similar they make you hotter in the summer and colder in the winter). Chris helped the fire department last week with fire prevention week. Chris talked to several classrooms of younger students, he talked about what happened to him, showed pictures and also removed his garments and showed what he looks like now, I think it was a great thing for him to do not only for the kids but for Chris as well. Chris and I have talked about putting a presentation together for him to discuss horseplay and safety, and what can happen, so I will look into this a bit further. Yet another Dr appointment is coming up next week, this one is with an Ears, Nose, and Throat specialist to help determine the next steps in getting his voice back to normal, as of now it sounds like he has a bad cold or sore throat and he is hoarse, Basketball will start soon and Chris has been out playing and shooting as much as he can, It seems that running in the gym has been harder for him then running outside and he has had a hard time with his breathing so we hope this will improve quickly. As always I will try to update in the next two weeks or so.