May 31st

We have had a very exciting and sad few weeks.We had to lay to rest one of our sweet dogs, Buster. Jake and Buster came into out family 14 years ago, purchased through the Lab Rescue Program the two brothers were together until the end. Rest in Peace Buster, you gave us many years of joy and happiness.

Buster

The Lassiter Trojan Baseball team made it to the playoffs again, Christopher and I made the trip to Lawrenceville, to watch them play a double header against the Mountain View Bears. The Bears just happened to be the number one seed in the division. We had a great night, everyone was excited to have Christopher there, calling him their good luck charm. Well it worked out well we won the first game 1-0 and the second game 5-0. Mountain View were 22-4 in the regular season and we just stunned them, shutting them out both games. Great job Trojans!

Sorry to say the next round wasn't quite as pleasant, Johns Creek took us down in two. We had a great night anyway, thanks everyone for a making us welcome. Go Trojans!

Several weeks ago Tyler Seaman contacted me regarding a friend of his Rachel Kendig, wanting to do a fundraiser for Christopher. Rachel is a student at the University of South Carolina, she and her Chi O sisters, family and friends all got together to raise money to contribute to Christopher's rehabilitation fund.

On May 16th Rachel and Tyler came by the house to see Christopher and present us a check. We are so grateful, yes for the contribution, but more for the spirit in which it was delivered. The thoughts and prayers continue to motivate and keep our spirits high. We thank you Rachel for your kindness and generosity. We continue to find new avenues to explore in Christopher's recovery and the donation will be used to help defray the cost.

Rachel and Tyler with Christopher at Lassiter High School

Christopher has made the news yet again, thanks to Cathy and Gary Zingler. Christopher has a been going to the football field to throw the ball and watch the spring football practice with Gary. So Coach Irwin and Gary got together and made plans to bring Christopher onto the field during the Spring Football game to run a play in for a touchdown. After Cathy contacted Channel 11 to see if they would like to televise the event, everything started to get crazy. We ended up having both Channel 11 and Channel 2 there to interview us and televise the play. Marietta Daily Journal also ran a story to update Christopher's progress.

Cathy and Gary with Christopher, the smiles say it all!             Here's Christopher, Gary and Davis

Christopher was so excited, the crowd in the stands were on their feet cheering him on, many of them with signs made for him. Unbeknownst to us, a great number of the the fans in the stands were students that graduated with Christopher who came back to see him take the field one more time.



Thank you all for making this a wonderful night, one to be remembered for many years to come.

Oh Yeah, Christopher turned 20 on the 19th May

We have started new therapy sessions at Shepherd Pathways one of the many apparatuses Christopher is using is the Lokomat. It is a combination of treadmill, zero gravity harness and robotics to help retrain Christopher to walk properly. Check out the video, it's pretty cool.