Re: Juan Alderete in a coma
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 11:04 am
Most recent update:
"195 days, 2 hospitals, 1 care facility, 1 acute rehab hospital and 1 transitional rehab facility later, my beloved husband Juan Alderete finally came home to me and the kitties, Sophie and Gigi, last Saturday, July 25th.
To think he hadn't sat on this sofa since January 13th is pretty nuts; even crazier is the world to which he has returned. It's been a week of joyful celebration tempered with a daily practice of adapting, because both COVID19 and TBI changed life in ways we could have never imagined.
Each day brings new learnings, and the challenges Juan faces in his long road to recovery will - with each day - seem smaller and less foreign. A lot of people assume once someone is home, everything just goes back to normal.
But when the harddrive of a computer is damaged, each process that becomes inactive because of that damage needs to come back on with a lot of careful coaxing, one by one.
Some functions come back relatively quickly, while others are more stubborn and require repetitive training, day after day, week after week and sometimes for months on end. It shouldn't be surprising because something as complex and essential to life as your brain requires a level of care, maintenance and repair worthy of its intricate and awesome abilities, but as humans it's normal to want everything good to happen quickly.
We will both learn to be more patient through this process, and ask for yours as well as we navigate the long and winding road together. That all said - HE IS HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"195 days, 2 hospitals, 1 care facility, 1 acute rehab hospital and 1 transitional rehab facility later, my beloved husband Juan Alderete finally came home to me and the kitties, Sophie and Gigi, last Saturday, July 25th.
To think he hadn't sat on this sofa since January 13th is pretty nuts; even crazier is the world to which he has returned. It's been a week of joyful celebration tempered with a daily practice of adapting, because both COVID19 and TBI changed life in ways we could have never imagined.
Each day brings new learnings, and the challenges Juan faces in his long road to recovery will - with each day - seem smaller and less foreign. A lot of people assume once someone is home, everything just goes back to normal.
But when the harddrive of a computer is damaged, each process that becomes inactive because of that damage needs to come back on with a lot of careful coaxing, one by one.
Some functions come back relatively quickly, while others are more stubborn and require repetitive training, day after day, week after week and sometimes for months on end. It shouldn't be surprising because something as complex and essential to life as your brain requires a level of care, maintenance and repair worthy of its intricate and awesome abilities, but as humans it's normal to want everything good to happen quickly.
We will both learn to be more patient through this process, and ask for yours as well as we navigate the long and winding road together. That all said - HE IS HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!"
mo' power to the man for the undoubtedly hard road ahead, but for now 