{"id":9920,"date":"2014-08-25T08:51:59","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T15:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/?p=9920"},"modified":"2014-08-25T08:51:59","modified_gmt":"2014-08-25T15:51:59","slug":"vernons-progress-still-a-long-trek-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/2014\/08\/25\/vernons-progress-still-a-long-trek-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Vernon’s Progress–Still a Long Trek Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Vernon-and-Dad\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Vernon and Dad<\/em>, with\u00a0communication still only one way (that we know of).<\/h6>\n

Of course the whole crisis with son-in-law Vernon has affect all of us. We’ve been very grateful for the way so many have rallied to Allison and family; and we’re grateful for the way she is holding up. It’s not just because I’m her father that I can say I’m impressed with her strength.<\/p>\n

Yesterday Anne and I traveled up to the new care unit–a rehab facility. It’s a good place, but\u00a0a significantly greater distance than the hospital has been, and it’s going to make changes all around. Vernon\u2019s son Maki (12) is also about to return from his two months in New Zealand. He’ll be starting school and this, along with Justine starting preschool, is also going to mean changes\u2014particularly for Allison and her schedule.<\/p>\n

Then there’s\u00a0work. She’s a superb photographer, easel painter and muralist, and she’s slowly building her business up. But the income is irregular. Basically they’ve lived on Vernon’s typeface design business, and he was just getting into yet another business to augment that when Vespa hit truck and everything came crashing down.<\/p>\n

At first and for a long time it was a matter of survival. Then reconstruction. And it’s still dealing with infection. We’ve seen progress, but it’s still very slow. Next is the long road of relearning everything. When we saw Vernon yesterday, he was\u00a0squeezing a ball and every now and then kicking a leg. But there’s still little or no recognition in the eyes, certainly not talking\u2014what with the tracheotomy. It’s obvious this is going to be a very long haul.<\/p>\n

And it’ll be a long time before he starts working again, and billing for his services.<\/p>\n

So, there are various levels to this challenge, medical, financial, legal, and of course always emotional. In none of them do we operate alone. In some we depend on professional service, others the aid of friends and family. In it all, God helps us.<\/p>\n

For an ongoing update, well written, informative and often endearing, check the sansoxygen<\/a> blog.<\/p>\n

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\nYou don’t believe me on the creative photography? Check her website at allisonmoorephoto.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Quite update: After three months Vernon’s been moved to a rehab hospital. But there’s still a long ways to go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9920"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9920"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9935,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9920\/revisions\/9935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}