Tuesday, December 9, 2014, was my one year anniversary at Roper St. Francis’s Outpatient Rehab, so my dad was nice enough to supply lunch for everyone in the department today. It felt awesome to say thank you!
3/4 Mile
I walked 3/4 of a mile (3 laps) around a Scotts Creek pond today!
Home Again Home Again
One of the first things we did when we returned home to Mt. Pleasant, SC was to interview at-home caregiver businesses to take me to therapy whenever I would have it and provide in-home care. We were not having much success in finding the ideal situation, but, then my buddy Michael Onorato stepped up to the plate. Michael agreed …
Walking Alone
I managed to walk on my own in Physical Therapy today, no walker, cane or assistance!
1/2 Mile
Can’t believe I forgot to post this on here, but I managed to walk a little over a half mile (2,300 steps/2 laps) around a Scotts Creek pond!
Recovery Video Playlist
I have uploaded all of my recovery videos thus far to a YouTube playlist. You can find them all at Recovery: Slowly But Surely. Gonna upload all the pictures to Flickr sooner or later.
Stage 2: Inpatient Rehab
I started remembering what was happening and going on around me 2 weeks after ICU. While at Kentfield Rehab, in Marin County, California, the Speech Pathologist was working very hard on getting me to move my tongue and get some kind of sound out of me, but had no luck. In Physical Therapy I would mostly stand …
Beer Irony
This is one of the beers I had in my book bag the night of the accident. Wipeout. Ironic? I’m thinking so. If you have an Instagram you can see this picture at the first place it was posted and ALL of my recovery pictures and videos on my account, @amacchio, and/or on the majority …
Root of the Problem
Hello blogging world, Anthony Macchio-Young here. I am going to be responsible for updating my blog from this post on, give my Pops a break. Figured I’d start with the root of the story with the bicycle accident and how I got my TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury). It all started 6 days after moving to …
Summer of 2014 is the Summer of Fun, Laughter and Recovery
During the summer of 2013, we were still fighting fevers, spells of vomiting and casts on one arm and one leg. There was an operation to implant a Baclofen pump just outside Anthony’s stomach, and another operation on the tendon in his foot. There was a constant flow of doctors, nurses and physical therapists. We …
Summertime is camp time…
The Shepard Center offers their patients, family and friends the opportunity to enjoy the great out doors each year www.campascca.org . Anthony had a full weekend with fishing, scuba diving, kayaking and tubing. A great time was had by all.
Home Based Recovery
It’s been a long time since we visited. There’s been a lot going on in our lives, and I wanted to let you know what Anthony has been up to. As some of you might already know, we’ve been home since Sept. 7. Although we’re home, Anthony’s journey to recovery continues. I have to say …
Starting A New Chapter in Mount Pleasant with Anthony Coming Hom
It was Saturday, Feb. 2, when Kim and I arrived at Stanford Hospital, where Anthony was in the intensive care unit. He had gotten his bicycle tire caught in a San Francisco trolley track and taken a terrible fall. Although he had his helmet on when he fell, he was now fighting for his life. …
Anthony With Family
Anthony’s family visits him at his Shepherd apartment. Happiness, Positive Feelings, Plenty Of Prayers, Family And Friend help to make Anthony’s continued recovery possible.
A Bicoastal Journey, Angels Wings And A Bittersweet Graduation
As many of you know, our family’s journey started in San Francisco. Throughout our journey, Kim and I have had meetings with more doctors than we care to count, met many nurses, some better then others but all very compassionate. We’ve work with case managers from the West Coast to the East Coast who have …