Uncategorized – BodyGrades Blog https://blog.bodygrades.com I Can Tell You Why It Hurts... Wed, 30 May 2018 17:18:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.21 BG-18: My Daughter Health Update https://blog.bodygrades.com/2018/05/30/bg-18-daughter-health-update/ Wed, 30 May 2018 17:18:42 +0000 http://blog.bodygrades.com/?p=3913 If yall read my last post yall know that my daughter was involved in a bad car accident, 2 weeks ago, monday.  She had just gotten back from a 4-day cruise after her spring semester and was heading back to Atlanta when it happened.  She was with her mother and a couple of their friends. Before I get into her current status, I do want to say thanks to everyone who has donated to her go-fund-me account and to everyone who will donate.  Every little bit helps and it all will go towards her and her recovery process.  It would be great if everyone who sees this post could donate as little as $25 (or more).  The website is https://gofundme.com/sydney-williams or you can click here to be taken to her page where you can donate.  Or, some people would prefer to remain anonymous, you can send a check or money order, payable to Tim Williams, to the following address: Tim Williams,  c/o Sydney Williams,  PO Box 768206,  Roswell, GA 30076. Sydney is a 20 year old college student who had just finished her 5th semester.  She had already registered to take summer classes but will miss those and likely the fall semester, and maybe more.  Plus it is too soon to tell if and when she will be able to start taking classes again, or even get back to work.  So anything collected thru the go-fund-me would go towards her expenses and to help her get back on her feet. Its been 2 weeks since the accident. When I first got the call from her mother, who was in the vehicle with her, she couldn’t tell me much except that she had to be life-flighted away from the scene.  So for the 5 hour drive to get to her I had no idea what I would be coming up on when I got to the hospital. By the time I got there she had already gone to surgery and was in ICU. As a physical therapist, I’ve walked in and have worked with I don’t know how many hospital patients, and with just about any and every condition that you can think of, including ICU patients.  Let me tell you, its a completely different something when you walk in and it is your child laying there, and there’s nothing you can do. You can read more details of what happened by clicking here and going to my previous post. Today, however, and for the past 2 and a 1/2 weeks I have sat here in the hospital beside her.  She has a few more surgeries that she needs to go thru, but I can say that she has made some great gains and am feeling optimistic about her recovery. One of the surgeries that she is scheduled to have, so far has been cancelled twice because of there being too much swelling and was too risky to perform. At this moment, as I type this (wednesday, 12pm central time) it is being put on the schedule for one of the next few days and is likely to happen this time, Im keeping my fingers crossed. If it does, and everything goes well, we are hoping to get her back to Atlanta soon after where she will get started in a pretty intense rehab program. She has made pretty good, steady gains all week.  She is conversing pretty well and more often, is interacting more often, complains of pain less often and is recognizing people and things again. So we are hopeful that this progress continues. Again, a donation of just $25(or more) can help her greatly in her recovery process.  You can click here to donate to her go-fund-me page or you can anonymously send a check or money order donation, payable to Tim Williams, to:  Tim Williams, c/o Sydney Williams, PO Box 768206, Roswell, GA, 30076.  We greatly appreciate your donation and greatly appreciate you taking a moment to read some of what she is going thru.  Again, anything you donate would be greatly appreciated.   Tim Williams BS, EP-C, PTA, KTP BodyGrades www.BODYGRADES.com www.BLOG.BODYGRADES.com

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]]> BG-17: My Daughter Sydney https://blog.bodygrades.com/2018/05/24/bg-17-daughter-sydney/ Thu, 24 May 2018 20:31:09 +0000 http://blog.bodygrades.com/?p=3904 A week ago monday, I got the call that no parent wants.  I had just sat down for lunch when I got it. It was my 20 year old daughter’s mother calling to let me know that they, her, my daughter and two friends had just been in a bad accident leaving Alabama and that they had to life-flight my daughter to the hospital. Im not sure how the accident happened but everyone else in the vehicle had some pretty good bumps and bruises, but nothing too, too serious.  Sydney, however, was ejected from the vehicle and suffered some pretty good head injuries, and was taken immediately to surgery. Today, as I type this, I am fortunate to say that I am sitting here in the hospital beside her.  She had a pretty good weekend after only 1 week from the accident, but the last 2-3 days have been difficult. Our expectations went thru the roof after the great weekend, but monday and tuesday both were quite difficult, yesterday was a tad better, getting a little more interaction, and today has been better than yesterday. Today she’s moving around in bed on her own, with intent, shifting side to side and, in fact, tried to get out of the bed.  There are some adjustments that need to be made to some of the levels with her blood work, but once thats done I think we will be in a good position. I want HER fixed now, but after getting ejected from the vehicle, I’m simply happy she’s here. She does have a few surgeries to go but, I think im seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Its been hard for her, because she’s relatively aware of her surroundings, and is quite afraid of all the busy-ness that is going on with her care. It is extremely rare that anyone survives getting ejected from a moving vehicle on the highway, but it happens. She, so far, is now one on that one-in-however-many list. Had the life flight gotten their two minutes later, this might be a completely different post, and thats IF I would have been able to write one at all. But because she has survived, and is making good progress, I can write this post and actually feel ok about writing it, now, 11 days later. Normally I’m rather private about matters like this BUT, there are a lot of people who have been in her corner, keeping her in their thoughts and prayers…so Im ok with doing this because, the more support she has, I feel, the better the outcome for her, no matter how far away they come from. So, not only am I asking for those two things, but I am also asking that you and everyone who rides with you or you ride with, that you all do buckle up. I don’t exactly know the details, as to whether she had hers on or not, at this point I don’t care.  Moving forward, whether it was on this time or not, she better have it on!!!  Her father has spoken!! Personally, Ive worked in just about every setting within the medical field and have worked hands-on with hundreds and hundreds of patients in just about every condition you can think of, as a physical therapist.  BUT, it all changes when it is your child laying there needing the help. I am relieved that she is making good progress. She had just finished her second full year of college and had gone on a weekend cruise to unwind before summer semester starts. My brother has set up a go-fund-me page to help with some of the expenses surrounding her care, and, hopefully there could be enough for her to help her get the ground up under her feet, once she does get out of here and out of rehab.  Anything you can donate will be used 100% for her and for her care.  In fact, i’m open to itemizing on the go-fund-me page so you can see where every dollar is going. If its nothing but good thoughts you can give, Im ok with that too.  I would however, like to show her that across the globe, even people who have no idea who she is, contributed to the fund to help get her moving again. You can click here to be taken to her go-fund-me page or go to https://www.gofundme.com/sydney-williams. Again, anything you can donate will be greatly appreciated, and, please feel free in sharing the link.  Oh, if you donate $25 USD or more, I will set up a webinar for you and others who need help with weight loss, strength training, or joint and muscle pain management (ie, knee pain/arthritis, shoulder pain etc etc) goals, where you can participate for free. If you donate $50 or more you can join one of thosee webinars PLUS get a 20 minute phone consultation on any one of those three topics.  You just have to message me to let me know which one you are interested in, and what you need help with and I will add you to the list to set up the call. Thanks in advance for keeping her in your thoughts, and thanks in advance for any donations. Please feel free in sharing this post. Sincerely,   Tim Williams, BS, EP-C, PTA, KTP BodyGrades www.BODYGRADES.com

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