May and June at CNS

Travis had a blown pupil in his left eye

as a result of the accident. The paramedics

noticed it immediately and knew

that was a terrible sign as to

what was going on in his brain. :(

We were told early on that Travis

would be blind in that eye.

That would NOT be the case

though...he can very much see

out of that eye!  Thank you, Lord,

for yet another miracle. 

He does have awful double

vision which is a common effect

with a TBI.  In May, Travis

was taken to an eye specialist and

this doctor showed Lynna how

Travis sees now.  She could NOT

believe how her baby has to see

the world now.  Thankfully,

he now has glasses with special

prisms in them to help correct

the double vision and he has to do

eye exercises to help keep his

eyes straight.  Unfortunately

the prisms have to be changed

VERY often at $800 a pop and

insurance will NOT cover this

and....

Travis hates the glasses.  :(

Trying on some Clark Kent glasses;)

Beautiful Robin sent this VERY special

shirt for Travis.........she is SO creative!!!

Travis can text which is a miracle in of itself

and his FAVORITE line to write back

to whatever we say is "DUH"!!!!!!!!!!!

Trav loved the shirt!

Thank you, Robin!!!:)

God bless Garrett's heart...still visiting

and keeping up with his new bro, Travis.

AND playing UNO with my kiddos!!!

What a friendship.....

brought together by tragedies...

so very blessed by one another.

A great visit...as always!

The kindred spirits...

This is "Hot Nurse" and that is

exactly the way Travis refers to her!

I had been hearing about her from Travis

and one afternoon I had left and then

came back and noticed this cute nurse.

In my head, I knew she must be

"Hot Nurse".  Travis texted me from

across the room and said,

"Hot Nurse is here"!!!!!

Aunt Kitty and Uncle Ron visiting, too!

Every time they move Travis,

Hudson goes to get in his chair;)

We love our Superman!!!!!!!!!!

SO much love for our boy.......

Especially by "THE STORM"...

which is how Travis refers to the kids.

When he was at Texas Neuro, I would call

on our way and ask him and Lynna if

they could feel a storm brewing!!!;)

God bless my mother's heart...

watching her first grandchild AND her

daughter(s) go through this.  :(((

LOVE these two!!!!!!

Lynna, Grandmother and I had the

opportunity to hear "Sean Speaks" at

my own high school where I teach.

Sean is a guy who was in a terrible car

accident and now goes around to share

his story.  He is unable to talk or walk,

but he can eat.  It was REALLY awesome

to meet him and his mother.

Praying Travis will be able to share

his story with others someday. 

He is quite the character...just like Travis!;)

Love seeing BE BOLD stickers around town!

Recently saw one at the ball park and asked

the lady getting out of the car.  She didn't

know any of my family...had just

heard about Travis and attended his

benefit and faithfully & BOLDLY prays for him.

We see God's Goodness EVERYWHERE!

It's always a treat when people

send us pictures wearing their

Support Travis shirts...

this is the daughter of a guy that

Lynna went to high school with!

THE STORM arriving at the clinic!!!

To see our AMAZING Superman work his bootie off!

Aunt Michelle is the BEST!:)

We were in AWE watching Travis walk

with this walker and only one therapist
holding his hips behind him. 
Grandmother couldn't keep up!;)

Until you see this taking place in person,

you really can't see what it takes

 for Travis to do this.

It actually takes EVERYTHING in him to

walk and move his feet.  He has to be

constantly reminded to move one foot in

front of the other.  A TBI is the WORST!!!

But the miracles we have witnessed are the BEST!!!!!

Talking by using his dynavox...

The Storm in full effect;)

This was after Walker got in trouble!!! ha!

The therapists act like they love us being

there...I hope they are serious!!!

Jen is his main PT and she is awesome! 

These two are something else!!!

I love you, Babe!

This is practice walking on the treadmill...

it is very hard work and he does an awesome job!

Can you tell we all love our Superman?!?

Thankful for Jen:)

Cheryl is another therapist who works

with Travis.  She's a riot!  Thankful for her, too!

SUPER loves...........

More physical therapy...

Jen was using Hudson in PT...

SUPER crazy!!!

Taking a break to hit the pool...

I have to give my kids breaks from the

not-so-fun world Travis has to be in now.

Travis is SO strong!  He would probably be

futher along if he wasn't so tall and big.

He's 6'4" and he has put on quite a bit

of weight from the feeding tube.

Trav has always been skinny & lean!

Cheryl is awesome!  Travis always does his fingers

together when she comes around
to give her a hard time

for talking too much!!!  ;)

ONE of the most difficult things for me is to watch

Travis being loaded on the bus to leave the clinic.

It just rips my heart right out of my chest. :(((

This is not the life I dreamed for him and

prayed for him to have since he was born

22 years ago.  It just hurts. 

Talking to PaPa on the phone.

He hasn't been making the trip as often...

it's hard on him as he is so emotional.

Plus I don't know that he has much

patience for traveling with the STORM!!!;)

This is our TEAM TRAVIS........

Our gang tries to be there as often as we can

on the days that Lynna and Scott can't be.

Sleeping on the air mattress...

Lynna got an apartment very close to Travis.

She just didn't have a choice anymore.

We have all decorated it with this and

that and it has turned out cute!

She used some of Trav's furniture from his old

house and a hodge podge of other stuff;)

Nothing wrong with an air mattress in the living

room...since we don't have a couch!;)

Little Justin Beiber...

Wannabe Justin Beiber...

How about these smiles?!?

Grandmother sure loves her baby...

Scott stepping in as we are leaving...

Love this RA!

My two big boy loves...

When we were there that week, Travis

texted Lynna and all it said was...
"I'm so happy when the storm is here."
:)

I took these AMAZING pictures

 of Travis outside of the clinic....

we are so blessed that Travis did not

sustain injuries to his face.  We see

patients at CNS who have distorted

faces and their eyes are so messed up.
Not that appearance means anything...
but it is a blessing worth noting. 

Seeing those people just breaks your heart.

Not our Superman.......

as good lookin' as EVER!!!!!!!!!

After spending four days with this hunk,

I was so sad to leave.  I could hardly

stand it and the tears couldn't stop falling. 

I just want him to be okay....

not for me, I'll take him anyway I can get him.

It's just devastating to know that he will

never have the life he once had. 

While I am SO thankful that his mind

is so sharp, it also means that he

realizes all that he has lost.

Enough pity party...that's the LEAST

of this story.  OUR PRAISES
and the MIRACLES FAR

OUTWEIGH all the hurt!!!

WE LOVE YOU,

SUPERMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I drive Michelle and my mother CRAZY

driving around Dallas because I

constantly 'brag' about when I lived in the

Big City and how I just know all things

Dallas (I DON'T at ALL!).

When we stopped at our new favorite

Chickfila on the way out of town

(in tears!), I ran into my former

principal and GREAT friend!!!

So now I get to brag about running

into my friends in the Big City, too!!!;) 

Brad OR B-Rad as Trendy Mindy

has always called him is such a dear

friend.  He is the one who got me my

first teaching job at the best school in the

world.  He told me that he watched my

family walking into Chickfila (he didn't

see me) with superman shirts on

and he wondered how Travis was.

SO MANY in this WORLD

are praying for our Superman.

Just alllllll part of the miracle!:)))