Brianna update

Bree went back to the doctor on 10/19 and he was very pleased at how good her legs look. The one sore is really deep so it is taking a while to heal. The other two are almost completely healed. He will see her again on 11/2 for another recheck. Now if they are still looking good then she gets to start walking more and wearing pants again. She will start out in sweats and jogging pants then she will graduate to jeans. Once she has worn her jeans for a few days with a lot of walking and no rash then he will release her. Then we notify TRC and they put on at the top of the list to come back for another one week trial. They would do a one day assessment for JOBS to see if she can go into that program. If the assessment goes well then it is back on the list for an opening so she can do her trial period with them. Their trial period I believe is two weeks then if she passes that then I believe it is back on a list for an opening. This could go on forever. Lets hope not.

Just moving along

Well Brianna's legs are looking much better. The skin is peeling some from the infection. The meds they have her on for the bladder/kidney infection makes her drowsy other then that no hives which is awesome. Bree doesn't do well on antibiotics. She only has one spot that still looks yucky but each time I put the cream on it seems to slowly be improving. Thanks for all the prayers. Now if Bree will just take this situation and learn from it then that will be a good thing. She can't live on four or five hours of sleep a night. It only took a little over two weeks and her body started crashing. We will have to wait and see what happens once she gets back to TRC. We have already told her she WILL NOT be staying there over the week-end until she proves herself. We will pick her up on Friday right after her class and take her back Sunday evening. She is not a happy camper on that note but we told her once she has proven that she will go to her room no later then 9pm and take care of herself then we will slowly start letting her stay over the week-ends. We hate treating her like a child but if that is how she wants to act then SO BE IT.
Take care everyone.

Getting Better

Brianna is getting better and Shelia is doing a AWESOME job nursing her. We have been doing a lot of talking to Bri regarding her taking care of her self. I am sure Shelia will post more in the days to come.

Brianna Update

She went to our doctor today. He could not believe how bad it was and believe me it has gotten so much better. He took her off the cream and put her on clotrimazole antifungal cream and fluconazole for the yeast infection. He is sending off the urine sample to see if she has any infection there. He said to give her baths 3 to 4 times a day and to keep the area dry. The doctor also went over the importance of sleep, eating well and drinking water. He told her she needs at least 8 hours of sleep each night.

Update on Brianna

We received a phone call from the TRC yesterday that they were doing a medical discharge on Brianna because she is so ill. They put her in a wheelchair on Thursday late afternoon after the doctor saw her for a second time and the infection was not getting any better if anything it was getting worse. They want her walking as little as possible because with her gate she is just rubbing those thighs raw.
WOW this yeast infection on her inner thighs is awful. It is rubbed raw. It is half way down her inner thighs. I have never seen anything this bad. She is in so much pain when she tries to walk. The doctor at the TRC has her on Nystatin Cream which is put on twice a day after she has showered and then she is also on Keflex 500 mg one cap in the am and pm. We have a doctors appointment with our doctor on Monday morning. She is a mess. She was so tired she went to bed at 9pm, even though she wasn't tired and was sounded asleep in 10 minutes.
Once she gets well we call the TRC and they will put her on the top of the list to see about getting her in the JOBS program.

Brianna (Take 2)

Brianna (worked) the food service program today and tomorrow she will go back to the TBI unit. Monday she is going to the JOBS program. They are trying to find something for her.

Right now she is hurting (she has what we would refer to as Jock Itch and it is a sever case from what we are being told) we think it is caused by a combination of her gate (the way she walks) and not drying properly. She will be coming home this weekend to not only heal but for us to try and talk to her about the opportunity.

As we all know she is very social (as we all know) and being she was stuck with her parents for a long time. Now she is with her peers she went over board with them and got distracted from the purpose of the TRC....

I hope you all can read between the lines and understand where Shelia and I are with this situation....

Brianna Update

Well Brianna did not make it into the TBI program at the TRC. They said the classroom setting is not a good fit for her. They believe she is a hands on learner. They are going to see if she can get into J.O.B.S. this is a program which provides instruction and helps develop basic work habits and behaviors that are necessary to learn before you can get a job or enter other training programs within the TRC. Needless to say this was not a good visit for Bree (or us). If JOBS doesn't work then we are not sure what will happen. We have to find something for Brianna she just can not continue living with us. She is only 24 and has her whole life ahead of her.

Not Sure About Bri.

Well things at the TRC are iffy. Brianna has got her card taken away from her so she is not able to go on any off campus activities because she got caught with her "new boyfriend" (Mike) this is a different Mike from her first go around at the TRC. Our hands are tied and she is on her own. This is a real set back she does not understand how important this is for her. She only see's what is right in front of her. We have a meeting on Tuesday with the teachers and administration to determined if she can stay. We are taking more of her stuff when we go there on Tuesday. We are trying our best to remain positive. We can only hope our prayers are answered and she gets a clue. We are disappointed with her and ourselves. I can only hope all this worrying is for nothing and she see's the light. Stay tuned.