Our little fighter Avery will be going home this Friday! The past 3-4 months had been very difficult and challenging. Avery went from a perfect healthy little boy to being paralyzed in just 3 days… it was very difficult and helpless to witness. Time went by slowly at Sickkids, counting our stay by his treatments and passing each day only to wish for a good nights sleep for Avery so he could rest and continue to fight the next day. 

As we got more and more dependent on the doctors and nurses at Sickkids, the more we dreaded the move to Bloorview. We were very scared that once we left our little bubble at 5C, we wouldn't be equipped to give Avery the right care.  

Things took a huge turn once we got transferred to Bloorview. Out of nowhere, while he was rolling around in the crib, he opened his mouth and said his first "hi" in 7 weeks. We didn't think this day would come, we didn't think we would be able to hear his voice again. Every day was packed with activities. We were running all over the building, jumping from one therapy session to another… within a week Avery started to sit up and feed himself. It is a miracle to be able to see how much improvement he is making each day. Even the therapists said they'd never seen such speedy recovery in a kid with brain injury, he was surpassing his goals faster than we could make them. 

This week marks our 7th week here at the rehab and everyone is super pleased with his current state. He will be transferred to a rehab closer to home and will continue to work on physio and other things. 

We would like to thank all of you for the love and support you've showed and poured onto us. We are very very grateful for all the prayers and well wishes. Thank you for being there for us, thinking about us, praying for us. You gave us strength that helped us plough through this crazy hurdle and gave us strength to care for Avery. Perhaps it was fate that he's getting discharged early just in time for Thanksgiving… so that Avery becomes a story of strength and faith through this experience…. Happy Thanksgiving to all, this thanksgiving will forever be marked as a miracle to me calvin and avery.

Happy Thanksgiving and Thank you once again from the bottom of our hearts.

sincerely,

C+C+Avery :)