In case you are all wondering????? How's Sam???

Yes, we have been very lax in our blogging lately....we've just been enjoying having Sam home again. He is busy with various Doctor appointments each week. The infectious disease doctor does not need to see Sam again. The pulmonlogist saw Sam last Friday, and has given the OK to drop the 2x daily respiratory and nebulizer treatments. The x-ray showed some improvement, however, the right lung is 1/4 to 1/5 th smaller than the left lung. It is not known if this is permanent or not. The scaring from the hole has not resolved itself clearly enough to know at this time. Sam is getting stronger all the time and has gained 4 pounds!! He eats a lot now (eat your heart out), but it is taking time to put the weight on........if only .......say the middle agers. Sam is currently planing to go back to work on week-ends starting with half days this Saturday. He also plans to try and start back at school Dec. 1st, providing he has caught up in his missed classes. This is entirely up to Sam who seems to waste a lot of time each day......not doing his NOVA net class work. Either way if not before Xmas, Sam will be ready to return to school full time in January. The only other development has been an injury in his rotator cuff, which will be looked at with an MRI this Wednesday. This was done while over doing it, trying to do a push-up. If the MRI shows significant damage, Sam will have surgery. Let's hope it is minor....he's had enough trouble for the moment. His spirits are generally up and we are pleased that his mental attitude is positive. So for now........Cheers! And Happy Turkey Day!!

P.S. Sam has finally gotten that hair cut...and looks much better for it.

Routines

It's tuesady night, sam has slipped rightinto his old "vcation mode" routine. Sleep till noon and hang out till 1am. He has been introduced to his tutor and started on an online curriculum. It has this "get of jail free "clause.......if he can complete a set of multiple choice questions (about 100 questions) without too many mistakes apparently he then is awarded the course without further study!!!. The best part is he can look up the answers on line and there there is no time limit . Its like an unlimited time, open book final exam BEFORE you start the course. Any how he's right into this and will likely complete the entire semester over the next couple of days....All done to teen time table, "school" doesnt start till he chooses, around 4 or 5 pm and finishes around 8 so he can catch up on myspace................eat your hearts out cousins. Sam started physio therapy today to0, that'll be a couple of times aweek . The rest of us have also returned to the old routines, Cam catching up on her realestate and me back to completing the final touches to the house and getting the boat up and running again (justin !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)