Remy Needs His Friends and Visitors

Remy has been doing very good lately.  Everyday we see some form of improvement regardless of how little it may be.  Kerry had a meeting with the hospital staff recently regarding Remy's continued care and rehabilitation and with that we have our highs and lows.  Remy has what is called Acquired Brain Injury (ABI), they call it this because it was acquired after birth and not a result of a genetic disposition but rather acquired because of a vehicle accident.

The medical team has been great and they continue to do wonderful treatment for Remy to improve his health, rehabilitate him and reinvigorate him.  They did mention that there is one area that Remy needs that they can't provide but is essential for Remy's continued well being and vitally conducive to the overall restoration of his mind and body.  What we're getting at is that he needs his friends and all the visitors he can get.  When you visit it gives Remy hope that he'll one day be strong enough to get out of that bed and join you on a walk or clubbing.  It gives him the motivation to start talking again, it gives him the kind of stimulation and excitement that his brain needs to rewire itself and using his mind to process thoughts again like he used to.  Remy needs your help and your stimulation to give him more motivation to assist with his recovery.

They also mentioned that we should encourage him with things that he liked to do, one being rapping.  With this in mind, we could do a lot for Remy if you could email me any videos you have of Remy and his friends rapping.  We could transfer those videos to his tablet and he could watch them.  This would encourage him to talk and use his mind for complex thought because he liked to freestyle.  The videos don't just have to be of him rapping, they should also be of his friends rapping too because this would help stimulate his mind and his memories.  My email is rejean.michel@gmail.com .

If you can't come for a visit as much as you'd like, then you can send me an email with your well wishes and funny stories and either myself or his mom will read it to him and save it in a book for when he can read on his own.  This will let him know that you're still with him and that you care.  The letters that are read to him will stimulate his mind and his brain and do him some good.  The get well cards you all send are awesome, we thank you for keeping Remy in your thoughts.

Here's a picture of Remy and couple of chums from Prince of Peace Elementary School at CFB Borden during a show called Pop Idol.  I think it was Remy's first time rapping in front of a live audience.  He's the one on the far left.