Josh's Updates: Medical Update

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Medical Update

Sunday morning a new smaller trac was placed in Josh, it is much easier for him to talk and to exhale all of the air out of his lungs. This trac is awesome because it does not have a cuff. (which is the balloon mechanism that expands in his throat)
"Where's the beef?" YEAHHH No more feeding tube
Lungs look so great, infact on the exray they are normal!
Started PT today and did great, tired this evening! We are so excited about his progress.

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July 30, 2008

Josh was spending the day with his family at the Holmes family reunion. They were all having some 'fun in the sun' at Pineview Reservoir. Josh had been impressing everyone with his wakeboarding skills and took a couple bad wrecks. Later that day he was swimming off the shore at Middle Inlet with his brothers Justin and Colton. Josh was standing in the water almost to his waist when he did a swimmers dive to go in for a swim. Josh remembers hitting the sand. He was instantly paralyzed and was not able to come up. His brothers swimming close by noticed his back arched and his head under and wondered what he was doing, they swam over to him and helped him out to the shore, Josh coughed up some water, and told them he thought he was drowning. Justin touched Josh's leg and he could not feel them. 911 was called immediately, within 4-5 min. the paramedics were there and called life-flight. Josh was transported to the Hospital.

D&C 122:7