I think the blog is over do for an update don't you?

TBI: Cleared and fine. He does have a follow up Neurosurgery apt when we get back from leave tho. Apparently the paperwork states he had 2 hemotomia's that had to be removed and that was really serious. Thank you God for keeping Cory who he is and not affecting his brain.

Neck Fracture: Healed. He has lost some range of motion and encounters stiffness and discomfort from time to time. This has proven to be a bit uncomfortable when he tries to walk since his neck is weaker now its harder to keep it held up and straight fwd. Time and practice will solve that!

  

Broken Arm: Healed. Gaining strength like a champ! 

Left Leg: Healed. Very strong! His prosthetic has become one with him on that side, he is a pro with it. 

Right Leg: Still not done healing there are a few spots that are taking their sweet time, a couple of the spots have blue sutures coming up and out. So I am pretty sure there is more in there that will continue to do that. We have to keep a close watch on them to make sure they don't become infected. They still ooze from time to time and bleed. The liner he wears makes it really sweaty in there and in the evening when we are done we have to let it air out and dry to become scabs. That's not stopping us from progressing though! They gave him a special gel liner for this leg because of those spots. Cory thinks the right leg prosthetic is a pain in the ass. it is difficult to use. difficult to get on. is uncomfortable in his groin. and a annoyance BUT he loves that he can stand and walk even if it takes a lot out of him. He can make short distances like a piece of cake if they are level surfaces. He has learned how to kind of figure out if hes going to run into something or where a step is with using his crutch. The CFI is working on getting him his blind stick and think its only a matter of time he wont even be n crutches, not being able to see has really thrown things off. I think in a couple of months the right will feel like its apart of him just like the left does. He is suppose to be getting an actual knee today instead of this peg leg stuff they have him in! This will be super interesting!

Ears: Right ear is healing nicely from the surgery, still looks icky in there to me! The back of his ear seems to be healed up for the most part. We don't expect for him to have hearing back till November when it should be completely healed. Even then it will only be 80%, he will use a hearing aid to reach 100%. After the right has been fully recovered they will then do surgery on his left ear. Same situation where he would have to wait 4 months to readjust the hearing air for that side. We are hoping and praying that side wont be as bad as the right one was. 2 of his ear bones where completely missing and what was left was shattered. They had to put in prosthetic bones and skin from his ear to make the ear drum.

Eyes: So his right eye is seeing some swelling in the retina. it's still attached but the scar tissue is making traction and kind of pulling on it. He gave us some drops to try out to get the inflammation down. If the drops don't work then at the appointment we have before leave he will do an injection into the eye. When we come back from leave if the injection didn't work then he will have to go into surgery and pull of the membranes. Other then that his eye is great and we will talk about transplanting the lens when we get back from leave. (the right eye will more then likely be the first eye done) The left eye is still closed.The lid graph has taken perfectly and looks amazing! His eyelid looks like an eyelid now! lol When we get back from leave they will separate the lids or as they like to say "retract" them. Then he wont have to have his eye sewn shut anymore!!! yay!!! Next step for that eye will be the cornea transplant. I am not sure if they will plan to do those 2 procedures together or not. Assuming the cornea transplant goes well without complications and heals correctly, about 4 months after that he will have a lens transplant on that side as well. The left eye still has the censor bar up top that he cant see. We are unsure if that will change or if its from his failing cornea and graphs he has now. We will be seeing the glasses/contacts doctor before we go on leave as well!

Psych: All is well and we have been seeing our counselors. Its always great seeing them because we get different perspectives and can try new stuff. :) 

Shrapnel: He still has tons all over his right side of his body. They are still coming out and will prob do so for the rest of our lives. The doctors like to call it tattooing lol He also has rocks, plastic, and strings from his cami's that we pull out from time to time.

Our Marriage: Is not perfect and never has been. We refuse to live in the past, it's a waste of time. Sure we have our days just like every other human being but whats important is that we aren't wasting our time here on earth. Time is too precious. Not everyone will understand us and that's ok, when major life events happen it changes you forever. We don't expect you to like us or agree with us. What I do expect is you to show me the same courtesy of respect I show you. I expect you to act like the mature adult you should be. I expect you to know your boundaries. I wish for all the pain and hurt you feel inside your heart to be healed and for you to find peace. I pray one day you both can move on just as we have. I know your reading this because you can't help yourselves. I know you feel wronged, both of you, in some way shape or form. You have every right to be. I pray it heals eventually. I know the things your say and do are out of pain and hurt, I know you can't see through it. That's ok. I know I have never done anything wrong to either of you and have done nothing but try and help you get your ways, with whatever it is you wanted. Even when you have hurt me time and time again. You don't give me much to work with when you say and do the stuff you do. Think about the choices you make and how they affect people around you, do you really want to be that ugly of a person inside? I pray for you both night and day. You both have many years left dealing with us, we need to find a way to make things work respectfully. We just want things to be fair and legal for all parties. Switch places with me for a day and maybe you would understand more. Anyways I will continue to pray for you.

Now that I got that off my chest time for some pictures!

Yes his right prosthetic is as big as my head! heavy too!

The deck back home is coming along nicely!

The ramp/stairs will be to the left!

September is PCOS awareness month! Something near and dear to my heart as I am 1 in 10 women who suffer from this disorder. You will see me posting about it all month! to find out more click here.

I wear teal for me! Who do you wear teal for?

PCOS Awareness!

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It seems to be a hot min since we updated everyone!

Hmmmmm... where to start???

Eye's: Cory had surgery to remove the oil from both eyes and it went very well. The Retina's are staying attached and that is simply amazing. However since the oil is toxic to the Cornea's it clouded over once the oil was removed due to it working so hard now, which makes it harder to see. He also has a air bubble that will go away on its own in a week or so. The Cornea may or may not clear up. If not its probable he will need a Cornea transplant on that side as well. His Left eye he has NO vision in the top half, think censor bar. This will not go away because it is scar tissue on the ocular nerve. There isn't anything they can do to fix that. The next procedure will be the Hughes eye lid repair on the left eye. It will continue to stay closed for another 4-6 weeks. Then he shouldn't have to have his lid sutured shut anymore! Next after that heals will be his Cornea transplant/s. After that heals he will then have lens transplants. Once healed from that he can then get contacts! Isn't it funny how his right eye went from the one with the least amount of hope to the best amount of hope! Crazy how things change around here.

Ear's: Cory ended up missing his right ear surgery because he woke up at 3am with uncontrollable shaking and a fever of 102.5 so I took him to the ER instead. Guys with these kinds of injuries can't play around with things like temperatures. They ended up saying he had some sort of infection somewhere but couldn't pin point it. They gave him IV antibiotics and the best they could find was a little fluid in his lungs so they called it pneumonia and kept him overnight, sending him home with oral antibiotics the next day. His right ear surgery has been rescheduled for August 8th. They have full faith that once healed he will regain 80% of his hearing. While the right side is healing he will have a hearing aid for his left. Once its finished healing they will then do surgery on his left ear. 

That round building is the CFI. the Fisher house where we stay is to the right.

Arm: Is completely healed and gaining back strength nicely!

Left Nub: He is doing well with his left prosthetic. They have him learning crutches which he says is REALLY hard. 

Right Stump: Is almost healed completely its really taking its sweet ass time! graphed skin is no joke man its so delicate and can rip so easily. He also has another blue suture coming up in a spot so I know that one wont heal till that guy comes out. since he is so close to being healed up they went ahead and got him into a liner on that side and will be casting him for his prosthetic on Tuesday! He should have it by the end of the week!!! WE are so ecstatic about this! First time he will have 2 legs since Feb!

Meds/Psych: They are weening him off of his pain drugs slowly and to our surprise it hasn't been to terrible yet. Now he only has to take med's 3 times a day instead of 5. He still gets 3 diff eye drops 4 times a day tho along with some goop on his left suture. We have been seeing Dr. George together and Cory will start to see him on his own here soon, we talked about a few stuff  between ourselves that he thinks Dr. George can help him with mentally and emotional which makes me so proud. If you knew this man before you knew he didn't believe in talking to people for help. Id like to thank Dr. Wilson & Dr. Escamilla at Polytrauma for changing his mind of that. I will also start seeing Dr. Turner for one on ones myself. It is good to take advantage of these options we have while we can and get help now before we run into problems down the road. Better to be safe then sorry! 

*Parties*

September we are going home on leave for 19 days!!!

There will be 2 parties! The 20th is a Welcome Home party thrown by our family at his parents house, bring a chair, side dish, and your own booze! The 28th is the Thank You party! We want everyone to stop by and meet us if you haven't, we want to show our appreciation for all your love and support! There will be Music, Food, Games, Prizes, and a Slide Bounce House! Don't miss out if you can't make it to one make it to the other please! :) Check the events posted on FB for more details!

NY Trip: The trip was simply amazing and we learned so very much. The trip was also a lot of stuff jam packed into 5 days so we were very tired. I learned that traveling is really going to suck if you don't have help. We had to figure out how to pull/push our luggage while I am pushing him. Its so not fun and time consuming. Its also quiet difficult for him to get down the aisle to his seat. If we could afford it we would fly first class in the front every time it was such a huge difference when we got one of those seats on one of the planes back compared to seat 40. It takes a lot of energy to hop the seats or use his walker side ways. They do offer the aisle chair that is this tiny chair they roll you down in which barely fits by the way. So your the first one on and last one off. I am very nervous for future endeavors where we aren't with a group of wounded warriors because I know it wont be as easy as they made it for our trip. Thank you CFI, Wounded Warrior Project, and Rockaway NY for the memories we had a beautiful time!

Just couldn't resist taking a picture of that smile!

On a boat fishing!

Cory caught 1 fish and 1 net! lol

being silly on the charter bus!

Cory riding in the fire depts zodiac boat! (He was the only one who got to do this and 2x!)

Cory gave rock climbing a try in the special harness 2x.

Then he wanted to do the regular harness! way harder and still finished!

Can you tell someone is wore out!

This was dinner cruise night!

Sun is setting!

She speaks of Freedom for all.

Love of my life!

Kissy Kiss face :)

Cory getting in a specially adaptive Kayak!

We had so much fun Kayaking for our first times ever!

Team Muzzy Proud!

Breezy Point, NY 911 memorial

Tony from Sopranos! 

Well I think I got everything!

Thanks for reading!

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Ah so much to update!

I am Tired...

is it bedtime yet?

Eyes: They are planing to do some stuff to his eyes in July. They plan to remove the oil from his right eye and do some lid repair work on the left eye. Wait a few months. Put a lens in the right eye and finish lid work, remove oil, and do a cornea transplant in the left. Wait a few months. put a lens in the left. Then he can have contacts. This is all if everything goes well and according to plan. This is the plan as of now. Also after rehab they want to send him to blind school either in Waco, TX or Chicago, IL. 

This picture was during his appointment when they undid the sutures on his left eye. You can see the flap over it that is protecting the cornea how neat! The sutures are put back at the end of every eye apt. 

Nubbies: They are doing great. I think another week or two and his right nub will be healed enough to get a liner and socket going on that side finally. Then I know Cory will really go to town doing rehab!

See how much this one has shrank too! 

Ears: Cory is having surgery on his right ear on the 7th. He will also be getting a hearing aid for his left while the right heals. Once its healed they will go and do surgery on his left one too. They expect him to get back at least 80% of his hearing. How awesome is that! I can't wait till be don't have to have things blasting loud cause I am pretty sure its turning me deaf as well. Hopefully the ringing/hum will go away too. At first we had to sleep with the TV on loud so that it would tune out his issues and he could sleep. Which meant no sleep for me but luckily we were able to find a common ground with a sleep machine app! Best invention ever!

Last weekend was our first wedding Anniversary and it was fantastic!

Thank you everyone for all the thoughts and wishes as well as goodies!

 Just a bunch of silly geese! 

We are going to try our hardest to come home for a visit in September.

We are actually seeing if we can get transferred back before being assigned here.

We want to take advantage of our time here but would like to finish care and MEB process back home.

Fingers crossed they will give us what we want.

but we all know how the Army can be...

Either way we are shooting for NC soil in September.

If we do get to, the Thank You Party will happen at that time. 

I will keep everyone updated when I can find out more and for sure details.

So just think Party in September for now!

Cory has been staying really busy as they have him seeing 3 PT's & OT's on top of all his other appointments. One for CFI, WTB, & TBI. 

ok that's all my tired brain can think of sorry!

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Howdy y'all sorry its been a quick minute since we have updated!

We are still in the process of transitioning over to the CFI and getting in-processed with the WTB as well.

So as one can assume its all shades of crazy over here.

We have been doing a lot of appointments and running around.

We are currently staying in the fisher house and have no real address.

If your wishing to send something please ship it to the Po Box.

Our parents will make sure we get it here in Texas by shipping it to my sister. 

We now do our stretches on our own time.

Cory only has PT at this second but we met with OT today and should start being on her roster.

We also have a bunch of different appointments/classes almost daily that is apart of in processing.

Hopefully things will slow down and we will have a more routine like schedule most days. 

I really think they should make in-processing easier and in one place instead of making families run around like chickens with their heads cut off. Not to mention if we didn't have one of his squad leaders with us we would have NEVER figured the junk out. No family needs this stress.

Cory is doing fantastic still, I say this in a bragging voice because I am proud of him.

During this in processing business they have laid out everything that happen to him and all I can say is wow.

Just 3 months ago... This is what his paperwork states.

He had a severe TBI with 2 hematomas, broken radial (right forearm), broken C6 neck spine, right above the knee amputation, left below knee amputation, loss of right quad muscle due to limp salvage, hearing loss and perforated ear drums in both ears, and blindness in both eyes.

How we have made it this far so fast just simply amazes me daily.

Thank you for all the thoughts and prayers we still need them.

We are still waiting on the right nub to heal... which seems to be taking forever. We cant really get started until it does. That nub was pretty tore up that's why its taking so long. 

He stands and walks(hops) with his walker in our room.

He has become a pro putting on his left prosthetic now.

July is when the big surgeries for his eyes are suppose to happen.

We are both a hot mess about it.

We are scared they could make worse then the little bit he has.

However we are trying to keep the faith in our doctors to make things better.

Keep on praying.

Now for some pictures in case you missed them!

our squirrel friends!

prezzies sent from our family!

his new carbon fiber prosthetic 

Thank you Polytrauma for all you have done!

using his long distance glasses