Leaving the Hospital with the Family!!
Look how adorable Caleb's little smile is.
I asked Caleb to do a " leaving the hospital dance", and he did a lil jig for ya!!!So Caleb is homeward bound now. He has overcome the infection and his last CAT scan looked really good, so the doctors told Sharyn that Caleb was good to go home. We did want Caleb to go to a rehab center, so that he could catch-up on his therapies from where he was before. But, there are no beds available at any of the rehab centers off-cape and on-cape. Therefore, Caleb is being brought home and he will ressume his therapies at RHCI in Orleans. Caleb was doing very well before he was admitted into the hospital again, but lying in a bed for 3 weeks does nothing good for the body. He has to rebuild his speech again and many other areas need to be worked on. We will work very hard with him everyday, and try to get back to where Caleb was before. I personally think that Caleb thrives while at home. He has the most amazing friends, who love to come see him as much as they can, and his family is so helpful to his every need. Caleb will also work as hard as he can, because he tries his hardest in every task that he is given, and he really wants to get better fast. We will give another update in a couple days and let you all know how he is doing at home!!! I think that this is such a great way to start off the New Year. Thank you everyone for your support and prayers. Love you all
-jennie
56 comments:
Wonderful news and great pictures! I guess this means you are also feeling better. Enjoy the homecoming and each other's company. Happy New Year!!!
Laura in CT
GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm wearing my Pray for Caleb shirt today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good Luck, stay warm....I'll continue to pray!
Jennie, great pix! Thank you.
Sharyn, Fabulous hat. You look amazing!
Caleb: I'm sorry you had to spend the last three weeks in the hospital, but I know you're going to make amazing progress back in Wellfleet.
Potter/Lindsay good news always brightens my day!
NY/Wellfleet mom
Hooray Hooray Hooray -
The dance of joy begins again in earnest!
You all look SO very GOOD!
Thanks for the pictures, Jennie..
Just what is called for on a cold January afternoon.
Biggest Love,
Susan
Great news!
Thanks for the update.
thanks so much for the update and especially the photos - you all look fabulous! Enjoy being together at HOME! (what a great word) - Judith/Rochester,NY
Yaaayyy! You go Caleb. How lucky that he gets to go home! See you around town. Love, Susanna
So glad to get such good news and photos. Homebound to beautiful Wellfleet with the woods so pretty with newfallen snow. The Gods, Spirits, Pirates and those you love and who love you are all praying that everything will now be in forward motion. Warmest thoughts and best wishes to all.
Hugs ~ Natale & Peter
Oh, that's wonderful! I"m so glad Caleb was able to come home. Good luck with all of his therapies.
love,
Mia
Jennie,
Thanks for the update...
Wonderful pictures!
Everyone looks great!
Happy New Year!
Kevin
Wellfleet10 said....
Congratulations to you'all. I have to say that because I'm living in St Augustine, but would love to be with Caleb, Sharyn et al in Wellfleet.
Keep getting better and I hope that I'll be able to see you in the Spring.
Sharyn, your blog has kept a lot of people going, as well as your lovely family.
Keep the good news and pics coming!!!
Jennie,
Your pictures said it all ! Yahoo !
I believe everyone will thrive at home (based on past history). And, it feels good to know the family is back in Wellfleet. Gail
Peg, you are in my thoughts and prayers.
Hi Miss.Jennie,
Thanks for the update, Girly!!! That is SO AMAZING that Caleb is able to come home again. I too think that Home is where he "should" be. He DOES have the most amazing friends and family, and they are a BIG part of his recovery. I personaly think that hospitals, and hospital settings are depressing, and nothing is better than one's home. Good for all you guys...I'm so happy for all of you.
Love, Hugs, and Kisses
xoxoxoxoxoxoxooxox
~Nicole Miner :)
!!!!!!!!!!!!HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!
Welcome home potters/and you crazy lady. It's a good day.
Much Love
judith
If I weren't clamped in a "surgical bra" (think 5 lbs of sausage in a one lb bag) and on Dr.'s orders not to bounce (bounce??!! I can't move!)I would be jumping for joy! Caleb going home, such sweet words to hear today!! And those beautiful pictures! And Sharyn, your wonderful hat!!Thank you for giving me more to smile about...(painkillers are the greatest invention) I am very, very happy for all of you...I am sure that Caleb will thrive on his home soil. Keep fighting, Caleb!!
And a huge thank you to all of you for your prayers and good wishes, I can't tell you how much it has buoyed my heart and soothed my psyche.
As always, with hope,
peg from PA
YEAHHHHHHHH. Grinning from ear to ear. Jennie, you just distill it all into the sweet essence of JOY!! So happy that Caleb will be home, home, home with family and friends and the salt air of Wellfleet. I know it's magic will work wonders.
And Peg, how great to see you already on the computer. That speaks so strongly of your will. We have all been thinking of you and hoping for a good outcome. But to see you already posting is a great sign.
The warming sun is coming, a sign of midwinter high energy I hope. Love to all.
Hey Peg- good to hear from you, been wondering how you made out.
So glad Caleb is coming home. No beds in any rehabs sounds to me like he was meant to go home.
And Jennie, glad you are better too!
Cortney
WhooHoooooooo! This is wonderful news, so happy to see all of your beautiful faces and yes Sharyn that hat...Girl that hat rocks! Over the years I've succumbed to several major surgeries and recoveries and yes Jennie, being a bed for 3 weeks does nothing good at all for the body! But the good news is that as soon I started exercising and doing physical therapy again all of those atrophied muscles rewarded me with a renewed sense of strenght. He will start getting stronger almost immediately as the muscles have a great memory and will bounce back quickly. (I suspect his brain will bounce back quickly as well once it is stimulated with therapy)
Potters/Lindsays and Jennie enjoy this homecoming, a spring thaw is on the way, and Caleb will be able to enjoy the great outdoors once again in mild weather.
Peace to all-
Audrey
PS- Peg, keep those pain killers comin', don't be brave, it's hard to get on top of the pain if you let it get away from you...Best wishes for a quick recovery. Peace.
Hooray for Peg - what an amazing woman you must be - never complaining, always helpful to those who read your words here - and spunky!! - to be online so soon after surgery. You're going to be fine!
Caleb, great news about going home. Rest, rehab, and friendly visits are just what's needed.
"Caleb Home for 2008" best headline of the day.
Happy New Year to you all.
PS to Peg, great to see your post today.
Love and good wishes all around.
Diane from California
What a happy day! Caleb out of the hospital, and Peg out of surgery and back on the 'net! I am thinking of you all, and it must be great to be back home. Sharyn, I also LOVE that hat!
Keep us all posted when you can, Caleb and Peg. Meanwhile, all the best thoughts going out to both of you.
Amy from western MA
YeeHAAA! So much fior being articulate. It's Friday night and I am SOOO happy! I love you guys.
YeeHAAA!
Thank you Jennie for the wonderful news. What a great picture of you and Caleb. You both have a lot to smile about. Happy New Year.
Peggy from Western MA
positivity
Awesome... thanks Jennie! I do hope you're feeling better also!
Jerry G
Thanks, Jennie, for the wonderful post and pictures. Everyone looks wonderful, relieved, and happy to be heading out of the hospital all the way to beautiful Wellfleet. No surprise there.
Continued positive thoughts being directed your way. Caleb, hope the comforts of home will keep you smiling and aid in your recovery. I have no doubt you will work hard, and those you love will continue to help you and work with you to achieve your goals.
Best wishes, A Chatham Mom
What a wonderful, happy surprise! Happy Homecoming to all! Sharyn, from one Mama to another, my prayers are with you, keep on keeping on! You make my heart dance to see you walking out with your boys. I know there is nothing like being all under one roof, your own roof - tucked in your own warm bed. On with 2008 - the year wishes keep coming true. Love to all - and a little extra for Peg! :0)
Happy sunny new year...you all look
wonderful... love those smiles!!
So nice to know you're home again.
Healing blessings to you all, Potter-Lindsays and Peg.
peace,
janet and david
dear potter family if you need any extra help put the word out on this blog -- i could run errands , etc....and am only one town away -- to peg -- glad to hear from you -- my positive thoughts continue to everyone!
Hi Jennie. It's a comforting feeling to know you are all warm in front of the wood stove. So glad it's a new year! 7 is my lucky number, however, i think 2008 will bring wholeness and light to everyone everywhere. Thinkn of you. Goin to ptown for a winter walk down main st.(gotta do it at least once) and will send you all prayers as i pass by. Love you all...grace
Welcome home and welcome in a New Year!!! Much love and continued healing to all of you this year! xoxo, Jess & Justin
Best to be away from all those bugs in the rehab centers.(all of you). Better to put that energy towards healing at home. Back to the woods and your own everything....including some quiet..Peg- so glad to hear from you. Candles lit for all . peace..ann m
Thanks for the pictures Jennie, they're a welcome sight! The smiles say it all! Happy New Year to everyone!
Peg, great to hear from you! Don't worry, you'll be bouncing again soon!
Deb in Groton, MA
Great news.....sounds like going home is what was meant to happen!!
Ali mahcester UK
Take a look at that first photo and the look Kai is giving his brother. That's the secret of Caleb's recovery, which we all hope will be glitch free from now on. That and the terrific girlfriend. And...oh, then there's the mom. If you can be stylish even when leaving the hospital after weeks you can be stylish anywhere. Welcome back Caleb. The home team is rooting for you always.
jack
I have been following Caleb and everyone with great interest. I've told many tourists, last summer, what the signs and pow wow spot on Town Hall lawn were for.
I was more than happy to put my change with every purchace in Caleb's jars that his friends put out.
Then the jars dissapeared! I was bereft. I thought it was such a good way to defray the HUGE medical costs involved with this kind of injury. I know you don't have enough.
I'm hoping to see the jars back in every store this spring. I can't afford much so going to the bank with 30 cents won't happen. But it would happen over and over again if they were back...they need some fanfare however.
Maybe different types of posters. Maybe with an explanation (short)for the store windows. Something that let's people know they can join in with this wonderful town to help save Caleb's life. Things like, the huge, monster costs involved are so huge, caleb's family couldn't pay them back in a hundred years. Worded carefully though.
Heck, I'll be glad, if you all want,to design various wordings for several posters that whoever is good at it, finds pictures for.
My name is Canary Burton. I put that huge, gothic lantern at the Town Hall site and kept it stocked with candles. I wondered where it went one day. Not that I want it back, but I thought it was being used. Well anyway, now the mstery is solved. You "know" who I am.
Canary Burton
Box 3057
02667
349-6242
Hi Canary! Good to hear from you. So happy to hear that Caleb and Pat are doing well, will check in for further updates. Sharon, Judging from your wonderful "leaving Boston" outfit the other day your sense of humor is clearly still intact. That's a good thing. Come over for tea some day. I've wrestled the dust bunnies into submission for now. Love, Susanna
Jennie,
I love your posts! You always bring us into your world and your world is so strong and happy and ready for anything! Thanks for being exactly who you are. And Yahoo, Caleb!
Lesa
I posted a comment yesterday, but I just had to weigh in one more time to say "You go Girl!" to Peg from PA. It's great to hear from you, and to see that your sense of humor is intact. You're in my thoughts and prayers.
NY/Wellfleet Mom
Peg,
You mean to say your hospital didn't give you a "Wonder Woman" outfit to wear! What are they thinking there? We all know here at this blog...Nothing keeps you down!
Be well,
Kevin
Lovin you all from afar, and wishing the best for each and every one this new year 08'... Sharyn, you are so fancy, & fun.. can't wait to stir up some trouble with you! Potter Men.. miss you each.. be well, & keep one another warm with laughter.. Jennie.. your strength is admirable, like always said, & I thank you along with millions of others for sticking with Leb through thick n' thin.. he is worth it tho isn't he?? Love u..
"Through high tide and the low tide, I'll be by your side, and then through high seas and low seas, I am gonna be your friend." Love ya's.. xoxo Clance
I do hope the Grand Duchess Lara Lindsay brought home Dr.Zhivago
to keep her company under that hat.
It is in my kindest concern that you are all Yuri, Yuri good.
Sweetly, Kolleen
Happy New Years Amigos! Great news, thanks for the flicks. You guys look great. WSo glad the lad is home. Wishing you all, all the best for the new year!
Much Love,
Kim Harris
YIPPEE......WHAT AWESOME NEWS, CALEB YOU ROCK, JENNIE LOVE THE PICS!!!!!! WELCOME HOME, IF I COULD TYPE BIGGER I WOULD I AM SO HAPPY FOR ALL OF YOU. I HAVE A BEER IN MY HAND AND JUST TOASTED TO ALL OF YOU. AND PEG, GREAT TO SEE YOU BACK SO QUICKLY. WHAT A WONDERFUL START TO THE NEW YEAR FOR ALL OF MY CYBER FAMILY. LOVE YA ALL
thank you jennie
hoorah! homeward bound.
great thoughts and prayers coming your way from me!
keep up the great work caleb!
amy in ct
Great pictues Jennie. You look so proud to be with your man. Sharyn, you still have it lady. You look fantasic and I know home is the best place for all of you.
Peg, THRILLED to see your post. I was wondering if we would hear from you so soon after the procedure. Your humor is still with you which will make things a bit easier.
Still lighting candles every night and praying for all the best for both Caleb and Peg.
J
just thought I'd share this image with you all...
my five year old just wheeled her littel kid suitcase down the hall.. and plastered right over the face of Dora the Explorer is a sticker of Caleb!!
she just told me "I'd rather look at Caleb than Dora. He is a real pirate and she is just a cartoon."
love, strength & smiles to you all--
Sara
To Wellfleet bloggers from a faraway blogger - does anyone have an update on the whereabouts/conditions, etc. of Caleb and family? It's been a while and we're wondering and worrying. Jennie, you still hold the record for the best blog posts ever. Your love for Caleb and his family shines through your unselfish self!!
Welcome Home Caleb!!!! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
I expect that with the setback of 3 weeks in hospital, Caleb and family are playing a lot of catch up with his various therapies. I suspect that there is more settling in this time than last, and that there just has not been time for anyone to sit down and post. I always figure no news is good news, and will continue to hope that this is the case here
That being said, I pray that all is well at home, and have faith that it is so.
As always , with hope,
peg from PA
P.S. I am doing OK ; many many thanks to all of you out there for your help and support. You warmed my heart in a sweet and tender way.
Driving east of the Mass Pike to work a few mornings ago I was struck by the sight of not one but two partial rainbows. I have always viewed rainbows as an amazingly simple but awe inspiring sign of hope.
Rather than go across the sky in a typical bow these rainbows both came straight down to two different distant spots on the horizon. One was in the east in the direction of Caleb and the Potter / Lindsay clan and other was to the south in the direction of Peg in Pa. How sweet I thought.
Wishing you all the best.
Peg,
It is good to hear that you are doing OK. You have a whole group of friends here following your Journey, and from what Jeff-in -the- Berkshires just shared, you have had a special Massachusetts rainbow named in your honor...how cool is that !
Like you, l have assumed that the Potter/ Lindsay clan is busy settling in and getting back on schedule...and hopefully enjoying the unusually warm weather. (Today was a great day be outside in the Wellfleet sun). Gail
WOW, what a day here in Massachusetts!!! Hoping the Lindsay/Potter clan got outside to enjoy the smell of the earth thawing itself out. Even if it is only for a few days, the taste of things to come may buoy you up during the months ahead. I'm trying to imagine you all settling back in to your cosy home and starting the rebuilding process once again....closer to your friends and loved ones. All of us in cyberspace are thinking of you every day still, and sending out those positive vibes.
And to you too, Peg. Hope you have a steady recovery. Always enjoy your posts.
Are you at home in Wellfleet? How is Caleb doing with another round of rehab? Has Kai gone back to school? Is anyone from Wellfleet able to post an update for us who are far away?
Peg, you continue to amaze - so wise and wonderful a woman! Please continue to heal and keep that spirit alive!
It is wonderful that you are all back home and I hope that the next few weeks prove rewarding in the rehab department. Just remember that Rome wasn't built in a day!!! Time is an amazing thing and there seems to be plenty of it--moving either too slow or too fast and we try to use it to the best of our ability and hope for great results! "All in good time."
And to Peg----I hope you have a speedy recovery. From what I have read on the blogs you seem to be doing just fine. Keep up the good work.
Peace,love and positive thoughts.
Penny on St.John
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