Hello everyone, our last post was on May 8th as we have been busy with the move from Santa Rosa to Santa Clara. Eric happily left Santa Rosa and arrived at the Spinal Rehab facility in Santa Clara on Tuesday.

Doctors began with an overall mental and physical assessment to determine his readiness for the program. He passed the mental exam (phew!) but they concluded that one of his wounds was not healed thoroughly enough for him to begin a rehab program. As you can imagine, this news was a bit frustrating for Eric.

Considering how close we came to losing Eric and how serious his injuries were, it really shouldn’t be a shock that he needs more time to heal. But it certainly was disappointing news after we were all cheering him on to begin rehabilitation. The doctors expect Eric will need to spend the next several weeks in a skilled nursing facility in the Santa Clara area to allow his wounds to heal further.

He was anxious to get started on his rehab right away but was worried about his rib injuries slowing him down. So the good news is that time he needs for his wounds to heal will also allow his ribs to heal. This will allow him to enter rehab much stronger and ready to work hard. Once his wounds are fully healed he will be back to the Spinal Rehab Facility to begin the rehabilitation program. We’re not sure exactly when Eric will be moved to a skilled nursing facility, or which facility, but we’ll update the blog as soon as we know more.