Colby's Path to Recovery : How It All Started...

Many of you who all know and love Colby, or know and love someone in the Baron Family have been asking for updates and pictures. We figured the best way to keep everyone informed would be to start a blog so we can periodically post updates for all to see. So here it is! Colby's very own blog.

A quick back story as to how this all started just the other night (crazy how fast life can change in an instant!). Monday afternoon Colby came home early from school with a really bad headache. Throughout the day it got worse and worse and he started to slur his speech and was getting confused. My mom took him into the ER that evening and when he started throwing up on top of all the blinding pain they got him back right away and immediately started doing tests. Soon after they found through an MRI that he had a mass (they thought at the time that it was a tumor) on the left side on his temporal lobe the size of a peach. This is the side of the brain that affects speech and his ability to completely understand a situation and articulate correctly. It was such a shock and sure caused a great deal of concern for us all. Surgery was the next morning (Tuesday morning) and it went very well- the best it could have gone! We had all been praying for a miracle and we sure got one. They discovered it was a cavernous angioma that had started to bleed. The surgeon was able to completely remove the mass.

Yesterday (Wednesday), every one of his siblings was able to get into town and be together with him. He is still struggling with his comprehension and speech. He can talk pretty clearly, but gets confused easily and is constantly repeating the same questions and statements. He is exhausted and uncomfortable and keeps asking over and over when he can go home and get back to school. He definitely gets overwhelmed pretty quickly by too many people talking to him or other stimulations. The nurses and Dr. have asked that we keep his visitations and outside stimulation to a minimal for right now. He needs lots of rest and quiet reassurances. He is scheduled to begin speech therapy today.

The good news is that through his recovery we have still been able to see his personality coming through. He is still SO concerned about everyone else around him, is the most polite patient the nurses have ever seen and is still making us laugh. (Where's my nurse, she's hot!) The Dr. said Wendesday that he is very pleased with his progress and is extremely hopeful for a full recovery. We are all so grateful for the many prayers, letters, phone calls, emails, texts, and so on sent for Colby and to our family. We have felt all of your love and support and it has made all the difference in helping us all stay strong. As Colby often says, "Thank you, sooooooo so much!" Please forgive us if we are not always able to respond back to everyone. We are sleep deprived and overwhelmed, but are grateful and aware of all of your concerns and kindness.

We will continue to update this blog on Colby's recovery progress. For now we will keep praying and hoping for the best!

With Love,

Colby's Biggest Fans {His Siblings}