On John...

Well just wanted to write and let everyone know that John seems to be doing well. I think for awhile the posts will seem to stay the same as it is hard to take huge leaps forward with this kind of injury. He has been "waking" up some, but it is still hard to tell what he understands and what he doesn't. They took his tracheotomy c0completely out on Monday night so that is a good thing.

To his friends, for those who have not directly talked to one of us and have asked to see him, right now it would be best to give him the chance to have time to let his body heal. One of the symptoms of brain injury is aggitation. When therapies come to work with him, plus family visits it just wears him out. Some of you have also asked about if what he seems to be going through is normal, and it really is for traumatic brain injuries. To get more info, check out www.traumaticbraininjury.com or there are many of other great sites of info on the web. The problem is, every brain injury is different, and in all honestly, nobody knows what the outcome will be. All we can do is look at the steps forward that he takes, and understand there will be many steps backwards. Also his recovery will take at least a year, to get to the "John/CJ" that we will all come to know now.

Also please understand that for John's privacy I have not told every detail of things as I am updating, because unless you are personally there, I do not feel it is appropriate to tell everything. Some day when John is well and has been told of all of this, he can update you all as he will and show his scars left over, until then please understand.