Mike Rea's Recovery Info & Updates

Mike's family created this blog to acknowledge our heartfelt appreciation for all your thoughts, prayers, and well wishes since his accident. Please check back regularly for updates on his condition and recovery process. We know all of you will keep Mike and his family in your prayers!

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On June 16, 2006, Mike was doing what he loves most in the world~training a race horse! One minute, friends saw him go by at a full gallop. Thirty minutes later, he was found unconscious and barely breathing. Mike endured an emergency helicopter ride to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Unit where doctors determined he had suffered a severe brain injury and was placed in ICU in critical condition. After three weeks, Mike was transferred to Kernan Rehabilitation Center, then Sunbridge Care and Rehabilitation. He returned home in October ‘06 and continues to work on his recovery. We have experienced much hope and joy as we have witnessed Mike's miraculous journey towards recovery. Mike IS A MIRACLE (the exact words of his neurologist) and continues to surprise his health care providers. Mike faces each day with courage, faith and perseverance; his new job consisting of physical therapy and theraputic riding. Mike is currently undergoing Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and is experiencing great progress! FOR THOSE WHO HAVE OFFERED ASSISTANCE, A "MIKE REA RECOVERY RELIEF FUND" HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO HELP WITH MIKE'S MEDICAL AND DAILY NEEDS.

Thursday, June 29, 2006

After evening visit

Things went well tonight. I shaved my brother's face and he tried to help me. Mike would pull his upper lip tight and I would say like this and he would say uh-huh. He enjoyed the shave. Also his best childhood friend called, Mike Osbourn. They have kept in touch through the years. I put the phone to his ear and Mikey said, "Hey Mike". Mike Os. was so excited. He laughed so hard when he heard I was shaving Mikey. He knows I really didn't know what I was doing. So Mike stayed awake most of the evening. Mother was slipping him ice chips which Mike would chew and swallow but the nurse wants us to hold off on the chips until his swallowing test tomorrow. Then all Mike would say is, "ice chips, ice chips, or chips, chips". We hope to hear more on Mike's rehab tomorrow. Again, thank everyone for all of your prayers, messages, and donations that will help Mike and his family on his rehabilitation.

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