most recent update:Saturday, June 27, 2009 12:26 PM, MDT:
Good morning, all. Shannon & I are sitting w/Ty in her room (God bless WiFi!) and she's still doing as well as can be expected. They just took her off the paralytic but she is still majorly sedated, and for that reason they've kept her on the ventilator for the time being.
Many of you have expressed an interest in coming to Boise to visit, and I will be the last person to keep any of the people who love her from visiting her. Please be aware that right now she is not the Tyler you all know & love (at least externally) and seeing her in this state may be jarring - lots of tubes, blood drainage, etc. That being said, I am certain her mind is still here and she is, on some level, very aware of her surroundings. If you feel like you can handle it, I'm all for her hearing the voices and feeling the hand squeezes of her friends. They limit visitors in the room to 2 at a time, generally, to keep things peaceful and restful. They said we could play her iPod music to her (which we will be doing later) as long as it's not anything loud or wild. (No AC/DC in ICU....whatever. ;-)
I will be here through the end of the week at least, so if you are planning on coming, just email me so I can give you my cell # to coordinate.
Some of you have also asked about her bike, getting it home, etc. I'm in the process of tracking it down. Insurance will, of course, need to send out an adjuster to assess it before it can go anywhere. I'll be enlisting Ed's (her stepfather's) help to handle that & I'll post more when I know more.
Again, thank you to all of you for your involvement and support. The emails and guestbook entries that welcomed us this morning moved me to tears. It is incredibly moving to know so many out there feel for her the love we feel. She is an amazing lady, and we are all lucky to have her in our lives.
More later,
Jaime
PS. Shannon says thank you for your prayers.