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.

Monday, July 24, 2006

Another Week of Therapies Started

Hello everyone, yesterday was one of those step down days. When I arrived at Kernan Mike was back in bed taking a nap. The nurse said he had been complaining of his back hurting and she gave him some tylenol. He woke up shortly and was agitated, confused. His lunch came and he ate well. Rochelle, his wife and Trish, his sister in law with baby Gracie arrived. They visited for awhile and Mike watched the baby crawl on a blanket. She crawls with one leg out. She is one beautiful baby. Mike continued to be agitated. I took him out of his wheel chair and put him back to bed. He was a little better then. Rochelle read to him and prayed with him. I will be going out there today and I will write more tonight. He'll probably be tired from all his therapies today.

posted by Mike's Family | 9:24 AM

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