HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Wow a brand new year! As I write this I'm so emotional and so thankful for the many blessings in our lives. Thankful to all of you and for all of you. Thankful we are through the worst of this terrible adventure and thankful we have a bright future ahead.

It is such a miracle to have Ryan with us. But not only is he with us, he is doing so incredibly well. He has been kept very busy with physical therapy, occupational therapy, recreational therapy, and speech therapy. They are all very amazed at how well he is doing considering this is just over a month out from the accident. They say he is very "high level" in his physical and cognative ability. Some have even said he's quite a miracle. He is working on balance and endurance, and higher thinking abilities to ready him for getting back to school.

Ryan's major hurdle each day is dealing with the headache he wakes to in the morning and goes to sleep with at night. We try to control it with medication so it's tolerable, but some days he just doesn't seem to get relief. To make matters worse, the medication causes dizziness at times, which can make therapy difficult. We are working with his doctor (our doctor locally) to try and get this better under control.

As you can imagine, we are anxious to see Dr. Beemer (Neurosurgeon in Orange County). Hopefully when we see him Monday, he will be able to schedule a date to put the bone flap back in.

May God richly bless you this New Year - 2006!

With much love,
The Lindroths