Matt’s still is doing the big moves.  He’s gotten alot quicker, smoother and very motivated with the sit up thing that we have had him doing now for 2 weeks.  It’s becoming more of one continuous movement most times.  He really grunts it out now.  Matt also had his MRI last Monday the 19th.  It was a long scan lasting close to an hour.  I stayed in the room with him, it was very loud and at one point we had to stop and I had to talk to Matt to get him to lye still, telling him he was half way done but he needs to lye still.  We resumed the scan and Matt stayed very still and we got some good images.  I hope to get those on a disk in the next week then we can go back to Dr. Lobatz with all the results of both tests and go from there.  I’ve also changed Matt’s eye glasses because of some things I was noticed with his previous prescription.  Matt seems to track much better now than in the past few months so we made an appointment for Matt to be seen by the eye doctor in Carlsbad for this Thursday.  He will have an eye exam and evaluation and I do really think the eyeglass prescription will be changed to reflect the improvement.  With all of this Matt continues to move forward in his recovery.  I also had the chance to meet someone today with some real first hand TBI experience.  I talked to this person in length and this persons wife turns out to be a doctor that after investigating that seems  like someone else that is very local and may be a wealth of information and possibly able to see Matt for some treatment of another type.  It’s amazing how so many helpful people and contacts seem to drop into our lives at the right time.  It keeps us all moving forward day by day.

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Matt really starting to make some big moves now!  I’m giving Matt some motivating talks in the morning and throughout the day.  I know he understands me, especially now that I’m physically seeing that he responds on an EEG.  It really seems like I’m getting through.  Even Spencer is seeing a big change in movement.  Seems we are seeing “the spark”.  Matt is making some big moves and as we praise and encourage him you can see the look of satisfaction on his face as we encourage him to go.  When we stopped to give him a rest to recover he decided he was ready and went again on this own.  What I’m talking about is Matt pulling himself up using his core from a reclined position.  I’ve tried it and it’s no simple move.  We started timing him to make it more interesting and his best time was 17 seconds all the way up and forward, not bad. 

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I just received a phone call this afternoon from Dr. Delgado’s office, the Kaiser neurologist that Matt was seen by this past month.  Dr. Delgado is the one who ordered the EEG and MRI.  His office was calling to give me the results of Matt’s resent EEG.  The Doctor wanted me to know that the results of Matt’s EEG are normal!   

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Thank you everyone for making “The Matt Ruiz 2nd Annual Tournament” a huge success!  We had a great turnout with lots of fun, golf, food and prizes for everyone thanks in large part to all the sponsors, donors and participants.  We would also like to especially thank Lindsey Smith for all her hard work and effort in organizing such a wonderful event.  Also a special thanks to Maderas Golf Club and their staff for being so accomidating and letting us have this special event at their beautiful facility.  Lindsey also organized a wonderful group of volunteers to help run the event and we could not have done it without them!  Now that it’s all over we can move forward with Matt’s therapy and treatment which carried on immediately the following Monday after the event with an EEG that was done at the Kaiser facility.  That is being followed up by an MRI scheduled for this next Monday the 19th.  In the past week we continue to work towards having Matt’s coumadin issue managed by Kaiser with assistance recommendation coming from out of network trauma doctors that I continue to consult for a broader picture of how things should be managed.  After Matt completes these series of tests we will go back to Dr. Lobatz for follow up and treatment recommendations.  Lots to do as Matt continues to move along with his therapy which now includes some big progress with his core strength and control, standing and balance.  I would like to thank you all for your continued support and prayers.  Our family has been very blessed to have such a wonderful network of friends and family thru these trying times in our lives.     

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