TV Interviews

Here is a link to one of the local news video presentation. http://www2.wsls.com/sls/news/local/article/ru_grad_injured_marine_shares_in_his_sisters_senior_night/93780/

Media interviews with Josh

Last night was my sister's "Senior Night" for softball at Radford University. The entire family went down to Radford to watch the game including Josh. Here is a link to an article written by the Roanoke Times that includes the details. http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/243391.

There were also video interviews with a couple of local news channels as well as ESPN U. ESPN U will be broadcasting the interview with Josh and my parents during my sister's game on April 25th. I am still waiting to get a link to other local news channels that interviewed Josh. So stay posted...

Update on Josh

Josh is doing well. He has certainly come a long way since the beginning. This Sunday, we were able to enjoy a nice Easter dinner with the family and some close friends of the family (the Hills, Brian, and Kristyn) at the Fisher house in Richmond.

Josh is rock'n the power chair. He is able to use both of his hands to maneuver around. This is different from before, because now he is using a chair that looks more like a manual chair than an electrical chair. As far as his health, he is stable. Josh has had nothing in terms of surgeries or injuries.

Update on Josh

Josh still has limited functionality in his left hand. However, he is able to use a power assisted chair for 2 hours a day. He is using the chair to build stamina. According to my mom, Josh is doing extremely well with it. Josh is experiencing incremental improvements with his balance and his ability to sit up. It is still not decided on whether or not the doctors are going to surgically intervene on Josh's left hand.

Update on the Left Hand

The medical team is authorized to perform therapy on Josh’s left hand. His hand doesn’t have much movement at this time. The neurological team is considering possible surgical intervention for his hand. The improvement of Josh’s left hand is pivotal, because depending on how Josh’s left hand improves will determine how long Josh stays in Richmond for therapy as well as a whole host of functionality benefits.

Update on Joshua

Josh had the following issues on Monday: headache, chest pains, and high blood pressure. The medical team performed various tests to verify the cause of these issues. They conducted an EEG/EKG, bladder scan, blood work, and X-rays. All the tests came back normal. The doctors were unsure what caused the symptoms. They gave Josh some pain medication. The doctors know for sure that it wasn't a UTI (Urinary Track Infection). Since then, Josh is starting to feel much better and his blood pressure is starting to decrease.

The Pins Removed!

This afternoon, Josh had surgery on his left hand to remove the pins. My mom said that the doctors had some issues removing the second pin, but they were able to remove it. We are not sure what the restrictions are at this time. They plan are planning on an MRI sometime this week.

Josh is still having pain in his left shoulder. He has been taking pain medication for this. They still believe it to be a "frozen" shoulder. He received a shot earlier this week to help with the pain.