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!
Tag: Anthony Macchio
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!
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 …