Fun at the Cardinal's Game!

When we got up to Phoenix Dylan was still awake and very excited to see us. Sherry and Garry were there and he was so excited ;)


We made it there just before the nurse gave him his clonazapam (it really makes him tired) and we were able to visit with him for about an hour on Friday night. He was very jazzed to spend time with everyone, you could tell that he was happy ;)

On Saturday we kind of lazed a bit, he didn’t have any physical therapy sessions this weekend (the physical therapist is on vacation) so we went for a walk in the park, he ate his lunch, then we went to Wal-Mart and for us to eat lunch, he really enjoyed being out and about on Saturday.
We ended up coming back to Tucson on Saturday night because Dan had a store meeting on Sunday morning at 5am. After his store meeting we drove back up to Phoenix and got Dylan ready for the Cardinal’s game...that was AWESOME!!! Miss Alice, the coach’s wife, got extra tickets for Dan and I to be able to go with Dylan. We even had sideline passes so we could watch the warm up of the teams when they first went out on the field, then we got to sit in the box seats that the coach’s family uses.

What an amazing day!! We had a great view of the field from there and it was a lot of fun just to be able to relax like that! Dylan really enjoyed himself too, he got to meet the coach, who told him that he’s heard all about Dylan from his wife!!! :o) He also got to yell and scream with the rest of the crowd when the Cardinals weren’t doing so good. I think that Sunday was the most vocal Dylan has been since December!!!! He was so happy, he was smiling the whole day and the noise didn’t bother him...Dan and I were a bit worried about the noise and it was very loud in there, they had the dome shut, but Dyl was having a blast!!! Miss Alice gave us souvenir photo albums, got the cheerleaders up into the loft to take pictures with Dylan and then got the cardinals mascot to come up and take pictures too :) Dan was able to talk to her quite a bit while we were at the game, she really cares for Dylan and is so excited that he’s doing so well, she told Dan that she has noticed such an improvement in Dylan since she’s known him too :) She really wants to stay in touch with us when Dylan leaves Hacienda too, she’s going to give us her cell phone number so we can keep her updated on his progress :)

When we got back to Hacienda after the game, traffic was horrible!!!, the NASCAR Races and the football game all ended about the same time and EVERYONE in the city of Phoenix was on I-10 when we were there :) Millie, the discharge coordinator met us in the parking lot and told us that Dylan will probably be transferred to Barrow’s today or tomorrow, they are just waiting for a bed to be available, so Dan had to sign some paperwork and we had to pack up all of Dylan’s belongings to take home.
 Let me tell you, I didn’t realize how much stuff he had in that room!!!

We took five bags full of stuff, the safe, the stuffed animals and all the pictures on the walls home...it took us three trips to get everything to the car :) Now we are just waiting for the information on the bed and he will be at Barrow’s...we don’t know how long he’ll be there or what kind of visiting hours they have yet. We have to contact a case manager there once he’s admitted. Please continue to keep Dylan in your thoughts and prayers, he’s really improving so much every day!!!!

Thank you!!! ~Keri