Thanksgiving Update

Happy Thanksgiving to you!

We hope your day was full of friends, family and lots of turkey. Ours sure was!

Our Momma had a great Turkey Day! Her fever is finally down and her vitals are great. Michael and Dad spent the morning and evening with her and she responded with a few eye blinks and some tongue movement.

Please continue to keep her in your thoughts and prayers this holiday season. We can't wait to get our Sleeping Beauty back. Today was not the same without her at the table, we set a place setting for her and we can't wait to have her back next year!

Cheers to you, sweet Momma!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hospital Fun

Who says hospitals are sad and gloomy?! Surely not when these precious kiddos are around!

Having fun, just the way Grammy likes it!!

 

Go TEXANS!

 

 

Thanksgiving at Kindred

 

 

Elspeth and John Rhodes stopped by while they were in town!

 

 

A little Chelsea's Deli makes everyone feel better!

 

 

Playing in Mom's hospital lobby. (I think we have taken over Kindred!) John Chris flirts with all the nurses and they looooove it! Grandma would be proud!

Positivity is Everything!

Courtesy of Pinterest, of course!

Weekend Update and our Fun Surprise!

Hello family and friends,

I hope everyone had a fun weekend! I wanted to give you a short update on our sweet lady.

On Friday evening, Uncle Mike and Aunt Annie (Mom's baby brother and sister) flew in town from Pittsburgh to visit! Aunt Annie called me when she landed at the airport and said "Surprise, I'm in Houston!" BEST SURPRISE EVER! They were exactly what we needed - lots of laughs, wine and fun memories!

Saturday we spent the day at the hospital with Mom. She definitely knew that Annie and Mike were there, she was very responsive to them! She gave them lots of foot movement and was moving her tongue A LOT! Annie and I gave her a little facial and she loved it! You could tell that she was very relaxed afterwards.

Since Friday, she has been fighting off a little infection. Her temperature has been up and down for three days, so her Doctor put her on some antibiotics.

Please continue to pray for her strength. She is working so hard and we are soooo proud of her! We know that it takes so much effort on her part to respond to us, and we are thrilled everytime we get just a little movment.

Thank you for all the love, support and PRAYERS this past week. Your strength is keeping us going too.

Love, Rachel

 

TEAM CATHY!

 

 

 

Such a fun surprise!

 

 

GO CATHY GO!

 

 

John Chris, Uncle Mike and Dad

 

 

 

Uncle Mike and John Chris are best buddies.

They went for a ride on the light rail. (One of JCN3's favorite activites these days!)

John Sedlak Day in Houston, Texas

Dad,

One year ago today, you were given an honor that was very much deserved, John Sedlak Day in Houston, Texas.

You are truly the most amazing man I have ever known. You have been so incredibly strong these past few weeks - we are very proud of you and I KNOW, Mom is too. Your strength and faith in God has never been stronger and I can see this in daily life. Your positivity is contagious and your outlook on life is a blessing.

Thank you for being my backbone while Mom is sleeping. I love you so much and I wanted to remind you of why you were given such an honor. I cannot think of a more deserving person!

Below is the link to Metro's blog from last year. Check it out, I am so proud!!

http://blogs.ridemetro.org/blogs/write_on/archive/2011/11/15/Honoring-METRO_2700_s-_2300_2-Guy.aspx

Mom couldn't have said it better, "In our house, every day is John Sedlak Day!"

We love you, Dad!

Love,
Tooch, Michael and Kelly

Day 16 Post Op

Hello all,

Here is the latest scoop on our sweet Momma!

Our Dad met Monday morning with Dr. Kim and he continues to be optimistic of Mom's ultimate recovery. He showed Dad the latest cat scan taken Sunday night and it does not show anything that is worrisome to Dr. Kim. There is still blood being absorbed back into the brain (that's a very good thing!) and there is still some swelling which will subside over time. What we really can't predict is how much time it will take.

Yesterday evening Mom was finally discharged from The Neuro ICU at Memorial Hermann and was relocated to the Kindred Long Term Acute Care Hospital a short distance away in the Texas Medical Center. She will be under the care of Dr. Vinh who is also a caring and compassionate Doctor. His goal is to continue the improvement of Mom's physical condition and to see her become alert and responsive and begin simple physical therapy.

In time, we would then move her to TIRR, Texas Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, also part of the Memorial Hermann System. The rehab therapy there will be very intense covering all aspects of physical, speech and mental rehabilitation. All of this will take time and lots of effort on Mom's part!

Please continue to keep her in your prayers for more responsiveness and healing recovery.

Thank you!

Love, Rachel and John Sedlak

Best Buddies

 

 

Future Brain Surgeon, Dr. Nicholson

 

 

Hospital Fun

Day 13 Post Op

Hello,

I hope everyone had a nice weekend! Here is the latest info on my Mom. She had a good weekend, her response is still very low, but we did see some encouraging movements.

On Friday she gave me a little smile when I started talking to her about all the beautiful angels surrounding her. I told her that God sent his most precious angels to Memorial Hermann to heal her! We believe in that kind of stuff! I tell her everyday that Pap (Her Dad) and Grandma and Grandpa Sedlak are standing right beside her, holding her hands for comfort and healing.

Yesterday she started moving her lips and tongue, which is very encouraging! I hope we have seen the worst and each day gets better here on out! We hope to move her out of ICU this week and into a long term care hospital until she is ready to move to TIRR (the Rehabilitation Hospital).

Please continue to pray for the swelling in her brain stem to decrease so we can see more responsiveness these next few days.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Love,
Rachel

I love this picture! This was shortly after she was diagnosed with the tumor, we were out to dinner and a bad storm came through. After the storm passed a double rainbow appeared! We said that it was God's way of telling us EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY!