Elias Nutting

From Jon:

Last night was a bit challenging…Elias was in pain throughout the night and the morphine wasn’t quite enough. Today was much better. This morning he was put on vicodin and that seems to be helping with the pain. Elias stood on his feet for the first time since his surgery! It was only for a moment, but it was enough to get the nurse excited about the possibility of Elias taking a walk to the door later.

On a side note, one of the nurses told us how much she enjoys working for Shriners. She said that because Shriners pays for whatever insurance doesn’t, there is no need to rush patients out of the hospital…apparently some health insurance policies only permit a few days stay in the hospital and so nurses have to start preparing for the patient’s departure almost as soon as they get out of surgery. At Shriners the kids get to relax more and have fun while they heal. Shriners has a great entertainment program — Elias gets to pick out books, games, and videos from a library there, plus they have other events throughout the week. For example, on Friday night they are having movie night where they will show Kung Fu Panda, and on Saturday night there will be BINGO. If anyone wants to ever donate money to an amazing organization, this would be one.

Well, here are a few photos of visitors. Of course most know Ame, Haven, and Thejas, but the other guy is my brother Matt (aka “Uncle Matt”).

Also, here is a link to a YouTube video that Elias’ cousin Brandon made to show his support by getting a haircut (includes some video of Elias getting shaved as well):

I’ll try to edit the footage I captured of Ian and Thejas cutting their hair with Elias soon.

Our family is overwhelmed with gratitude to everyone for all the love and support. We are very proud to be part of such an amazing community. Thank you all so much!

- Jon -