November 30 Today Jeremy has still had very very bad headaches. He has been getting Cat Scans done every 6 hours. When he fell backwards in the chair and hit his head on the ground it was a very hard hit and his bruised his brain and caused bleeding by his brain. They think it will resolve on its own. Jeremy won't be able to do any therapy at least for a few days.

November 29 Everything was going fine today. After lunch Jeremy started to feel dizzy. He laid down for a while then later in the nurse got him up and he went over to the rec room, where he had a terrible accident. He went to push himself forward and the nurse had forgot to put the bar down so the chair couldn't tip over. Jeremy went straight back in the chair and fell extremely hard on his head. His head was bleeding a little bit. He had a cat scan right away and they said everything looks ok. He is of course worried about his neck too. They were going to do a second cat scan and wake him up every tonight to make sure he doesn't have a concussion. He said he has a very very bad headache.

November 28 Jeremy went to a car show with his Dad and Uncle Bill. He said he had a really great time. He said whenever Uncle Bill is around there is never a dull moment. He said he always has lots of good stories. Everything went really well today. This evening he got the chills for a little bit, but then they put him under some heated blankets and he started to feel better.

November 27 Today Jeremy had a full day of therapy and he practiced transferring in and out of the car with his Dad. He was feeling much better today.

November 26 Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Jeremy felt really terrible all day today. He was dizzy and so he decided it would be better not to leave Craig. He celebrated Thanksgiving with his Dad at Craig. He said the food was great. He hopes he is feeling better tomorrow and we all hope so too!

November 25 This morning Jeremy had a minor surgery and everything went well. He was waiting to go to his drivers training class... so I will give the updates as soon as I hear how that went! Well, because of the surgery Jeremy had this morning he wasn't able to drive today. Instead he went with his functional field class to the Sub shop and ate. He had all his classes today and is looking forward to Thanksgiving Day.

November 24 Jeremy had all his regular classes today. He was in good spirits. He made soft shell tacos today and went swimming. He worked with his social worker to get some things set up for going home.

November 23 Today Jeremy went swimming and had all his regular therapy classes. He also went out to eat at a Thai restuarant with a group from Craig. He said the food was pretty good. Mom and Dan are super busy getting everything lined up for when Jeremy comes home. Dad is coming to spend Thanksgiving with Jeremy and they are invited to Uncle Bill's!

November 22 Lots of updates.... Jeremy had a really really great time at the game last night with Ben, Uncle Bill, Therese and Katie... even though the Sioux didn't win. He said it wasn't their fault.... it was the bad Denver refs! Everything went smooth. Jeremy rode with Therese, he said it was a little tricky getting in and out because it is a four door and the doors are a little small, but they managed. Uncle Bill threw his manual chair in the back of his truck. Jeremy said they had great seats at the game and were right by the concessions. He said they had the best nachos there. It was a really great experience for him... not scary because he knew he was in great hands. Thanks so much to Therese, Uncle Bill, Ben and Katie for making it such a fun night.

We also have great news from the Omlid family. Jon and Bill Omlid have arranged to take Jeremy's medical equipment home! This is so nice and such a big help! Now we don't have to worry about that. Jon and Bill thank you so so much!!

November 21 Jeremy is feeling great today and ready to go to the hockey game. A big thank you to Dan, Brian, Johnny, Scott and Bozo who all helped moved someone out of the appartment at South Hampton that he will be moving into in just 2 1/2 weeks! They have to retrofit it for him, so they will be very busy putting in floors, changing the bathroom and getting everything done by December 10th!

November 20 TGIF! This ends another busy week of therapy for Jeremy. Laurie and Jeremy went on Skype tonight and he was really happy to see her! She said it looks like he isn't doing his laundry... but he did do his hair. He is going to the Sioux hockey game tomorrow with Ben, Bill, Therese and her daughter. He is very excited about the game. We hope they win!

November 19 Jeremy had all his regular therapy classes today. He also went swimming, which he loves! Uncle Bill came to visit with Jeremy and stayed and entertained him for a few hours. Jeremy said he will sure miss him and Ben when he goes back home. Speaking of going home, looks like Jeremy will be back home in a little less than 3 weeks! Jeremy might have over done it a bit today, because he got the chills this evening.

November 18 Jeremy had a busy day with his classes and this evening he went out to eat at a 50's style restaurant. He said the burgers were really good and so was the carmel apple malt; he said it was really nice to get out and he had fun with Sherman.

November 17 Jeremy's blood pressure has been really good, so he felt good again today. He worked hard in his classes, OT, PT, BeFit and pushing himself in the manual wheelchair. He sounded really good today and is getting very excited about the baby. He said he is a little nervous too... but what new dad isn't?

November 16 This is Jeremy's first week alone at Craig and he seems to be doing really well! In functional field class they had a B.S. session and talked about what people are worried about when they go home. He said he just has general anxiety about how everything is going to work out, but nothing specific. He was busy with all his classes today and hanging out with friends from Craig. Yesterday he said his friend Sherman was knocking on everyone's doors and then hiding.... lol.. He was exhausted tonight but in good spirits!

November 15 Today is the baby shower and Jeremy will be on Skype! He is feeling good today and is excited to see everyone!

November 14 Laurie flew home today : ( Ben gave her a ride to the airport. Thank you Ben! Bill Omlid came and visited Jeremy today and so did Uncle Bill! It was really nice to have visitors.... especially today!

November 7-13 The server upgraded, so I lost all the daily updates here is what I can remember that happened this week. Jeremy had his regular classes OT, PT, rode the FES Bike. He went swimming twice. He and Laurie went out to eat at a Mexican Restaurant. He went with his class one day to 7-11 to get a slurpy. He bowled a 78 which is close to his regular score! Early in the week, Jeremy was having blood pressure problems and wasn't feeling well. But, now he takes his medicine in the morning and doesn't move for one hour and then he feels great. He is so happy to have this under control. He feels really bad when his blood pressure is off. He baked Laurie cookies! Laurie and Jeremy went out on date night to the movies and then got food from Chili's. Ben came to visit this week too! So, it was another busy week at Craig!

November 6, 2009 Today Jeremy has his regular classes, he will ride the FES bike, go to OT and PT. He is going bowling with his functional field class. Laurie will be moving into the east building with him today! The server for this website is going to be upgrading, so I won't be able to update it for a few days. I will try to email everyone the days events if I am not able to update.

November 5, 2009 Today Jeremy went swimming and had his regular PT and OT classes. He rode the FES Bike and spent the whole day in the manual wheelchair, which is exhausting! He planted some geraniums in his functional field class. He also got moved over to the east building today! His new room number is 3E Room 330.

November 4, 2009 Lots of good news.... Jeremy went out for lunch at a Mexican Restaurant for his functional field class. There were 6 people from his class and then another 6 people in their group. He said the food was really good. He said it was one guys first day in this class, so he probably thinks this class is really great! His regular OT Jennifer came back today from vacation. Tomorrow Jeremy is moving over to the East Building! This is where he will be staying until he leaves. He will have to be more independant, but the good news is that Laurie will stay there with him too!

November 3, 2009 Jeremy had a fairly easy day today. He played yahtzee and did his OT and PT. They took Jeremy and Laurie to the nursery today and showed them some useful equipment for the baby! He also met with the pharmacist who explained everything about the medication Jeremy is taking. Jeremy takes 20 pills everyday so it's a lot to keep track of! Tonight Ben came to visit Jeremy!

November 2, 2009 It was a super busy Monday and Jeremy worked super hard! Laurie said she was totally exhausted just watching him. He spent about 4 hours in a manual wheelchair and Laurie said he went about 20 miles! He was so tired that she made him get in bed at 4:00 and she said in 40 seconds he was asleep! He got up later and hung out with Laurie and went on Skype too! If you want to Skype with Jeremy he now has his own Skype account, just look up Jeremy Kvamme from Grand Forks, ND and you will find him.

November 1, 2009 This morning Jeremy got up and went over to the family appartments where Laurie is and then they went to the grocery store together. Jeremy said his room was a mad house today! Don and Brenda Shaw came by to say goodbye before heading home. He also was visited by our relative Kandy Diamond, her husband and her son. Ben came by and Joe stopped by too! He had a lot of great company this weekend and I think it really lifted his spirits. He sounded great and ready to get to work tomorrow.