We are home!

We made it home from our trip to Cleveland. It was quite the trip! Everyone was extremely kind and considerate at the Cleveland Clinic. It was so nice to have such a good experience in a hospital environment. The facility was amazingly large with approximately 32,000 employees. We were able to walk to our many appointments from our hotel room on the campus. Unfortunately, Jess did not respond very well for the first couple days. We discovered he had an ear infection which must have been miserable while we were flying. We were able to get him some antibiotic ear drops and it really helped the next few days. I arrived home with a 102 temperature and have been very sick with the flu since we got home so we are wondering if Jess was sicker than we thought with more than just an ear infection. We were so blessed to have Chris' mom and sister there in Cleveland. They helped us with supplies for Jess and goodies for our hotel room and Chris' sister Jenn provided us with transportation. His mom made us some wonderful meals and we felt so lucky not to be alone in some big city doing what we were doing. We love you guys!

The people at Northwest Airlines were incredible too. They had assistance for us at every airport and allowed us to be the first to board the airplane. The flights were difficult though due to the seats not reclining enough to support Jess' head. We had to take turns holding him up or repositioning him so he would be comfortable. We had one gentleman offer us his first class seat but we couldn't accept because we could not let Jess be by himself. Even those seats didn't seem to recline much.

We are glad to be home. We do not have any answers yet but hopefully we will know something soon. Everyone was encouraging and of course got attached to Jess quickly.

When we got home we read a wonderful article in the paper about a fundraiser being held for Jess. We are so grateful to Jess' Quest class at school. They are having a car wash for Jess today and tomorrow in Hailey. They wanted to help raise some money to help us with the trip. They also are getting petitions signed for the People Safe in Rollovers Foundation to help support the bill proposed for Congress to pass which will adequately strengthen roofs and substantially reduce the annual deaths and catastrophic injuries due to the crushing of roofs in rollover accidents. I heard they already have over 200 petitions signed. We are so excited that there is going to be a senate hearing on this issue in June. We can't thank everyone enough for their support. Chris and I stopped underneath Jess' billboard in Boise on the way home and had a quick lunch. We were so impressed and amazed at the size and location of the billboard. We hope everyone passing by will investigate why it is there and help in the crusade to save others from going through what our family and so many others have been through.

Thanks for checking in!