Hey everyone, sorry for the late update! Just got back from Indonesia.
Here is the latest updates on Andrew
Message from Andrew's parents in Ottawa:
"Well it has been a good week for Andrew. His tracheotomy has been removed and as a result he is speaking better. He had his "food test" but wasn't able to easily swallow everything so he only can have water by mouth at the moment. They will be re-doing the food test early next week, perhaps tomorrow to see if he does better swallowing the peanut butter and chocolate pudding. If so, they will be slowly introducing solid food. He still has the PEG tube into his stomach and I have no idea when that will be removed.
Andrew now spends considerable time out of bed in "his" chair and he is being wheeled around his ward and even to the in-hospital Tim Hortons by his nurses. Apparently he is on the waiting list to be moved to Rehab but we are not sure how long the wait will be. Andrew is certainly anxious to go to Rehab which is a good sign since his progress will no doubt depend on his effort and determination as much as it will on the skill of the rehab staff.
Love Paul and Pauline"
Message From Andrew's sister, Jessica Markle:
"To Everyone in the Facebook world that has been along with us for Andrew's road to recovery,
This is my first official update since my brother has been back in Canada and I apologize for this taking so long I just wanted to wait until there was some solid, positive changes to tell you all about. Andrew has now been in Ottawa for almost 3 weeks now and settled in pretty quickly. His flight from Korea was pretty much stress free and my parents were thrilled to have him back home on canadian soil and I got the feeling that he was also
He is in an isolated area of the Neurosciences unit of the hospital and is under supervision still due to a few complications from his surgery in Korea, just for precautions
In the last few weeks he has made great improvement not only in his strength and nourishment intake but also in his comprehension and speech. We are taking it a day at a time and trying to guide him with the comfort of familiar faces and we think the familiarity of the english language being spoken by the doctors and nurses, all in all he seems a lot more comfortable
Visiting is still very brief as he gets tired but a few of Andrews very close friends have came to visit briefly in the last week. Thank you to you EVERYONE that has left msgs for Andrew , you guys are all so awesome and genuinely amazing people, it was a comfort to me and my family to hear all these amazing things about my brother! Andrew is aware of the Facebook page that was created and is very eager to take a look! Thank you also to EVERYONE who has donated to the support group for the costs of everything , from the bottom of my heart I can't thank you enough and feel so blessed that my brother is loved by so many. To all those who don't even know him...THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND AND THOUGHTFUL GENEROSITY. Andrew is on his road to recovery and I thank god everyday that his life was saved♥ no words can express my gratitude to all those who contributed to that , especially Richard Brizan . You are a hero
keeping andrew in your prayers always is the only thing I asked of you all who are reading
Bless you all xo
Jessica"
I sent a message to the parents and will be posting a donation update this week
