Update #67: yesterday (8/6) was officially the day I had to leave Ajs side. I am home. Cant wait until it is the three of us here (and Roxy). Aj finally allowed the doctors to do the Asia exam. My understanding of it is to test what level of injury is present and use it as a base point for future testing/progress. They used a q-tip and a safety pin and touched different spots up and down his body to determine if the sensation he felt was the same or different then when they touched his cheek with them. I heard them say injury at level t12 and L1. Sensations decreased/changed beginning at his waist and down. We did not go on Marshall Street but we did go outside. While standing out by a parking garage, there was a gentleman who was trying to get someone to help him shut his van door. I went around and helped him. He started talking to Aj while I walked around to get back out of the garage. He had driven himself in the van, got himself out into his electric w/c and he actually makes the custom hand controls. He had been paralyzed from the chest down in the 70s when he was 28. He said he only had use of two muscles in his arms, his hands were even effected. But he is still making it happen. He had dove into shallow water and broke his neck at the c spine. He gave us a card and if we need to, later down the road, we will figure out how Aj will drive. Aj spoke with his son yesterday, Dominic Cambry. His mom, Natacha Cambry had lost our number and was trying to find it a while ago so Aj could go to his graduation ceremony. It has been a few years since they have seen eachother. Aj and I have spoke about this recently and I am so happy that Natasha will be bringing him up to see him. I wish I could be there. Ive seen his pictures and my how he has grown since we saw him last. I know I will miss things now that I am home. But as Ive been told absence makes the heart grow fonder. I know how much Aj loves his son. He had all he could do to hold it together to get through the conversation. He keeps a picture in his car by the visor and another on our fridge. I wish circumstances could have been different over the years. I only recently heard stories as to how it became the way it is. I will not share. Its not my place. But I know he wishes he could go back and change the path that was taken, and been in his sons life from the beginning. I am off today and tomorrow, then back to work on Saturday 8/9. Dont know how this is going to turn out . But we will find out when we get there. Going to spend some much needed time with Destiny. Thank you all for your love and support.
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 11:11:23 +0000
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