BRs mom asked me to do this..

minks · Post by **minks** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:20 pm

tmbsgrl wrote: This'll be so much fun!!!

I already have a shopping list of craft supplies I have to fetch on my way home this eve.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:35 pm

Ha-my daughter works at an art supply store, I will have her bring home some goodies....................

theia · Post by **theia** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 4:30 pm

Flop, that is such encouraging news about Criss, it really is

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 4:50 pm

In one week. This girl's a miracle. Keep it up, BR. Keep it going there.:-4

Thanks for the update, Floppy.

minks · Post by **minks** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 4:59 pm

Call us cheer leaders but dang it I think we are making a difference.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:16 pm

I can't tell you what a miracle this is folks.. I spent 22 years working in a hospital and had a temporary office in our REHAB center, I saw way to many motorcycle accidents victims that for the most part never were the same again.

THIS IS SOOOOOO AMAZING THAT I'M CRYING, AND SMILING AT THE SAME TIME. BR WILL DO JUST GREAT AT THIS PACE SHE WILL BE HOME IN NO TIME.. !!

cars · Post by **cars** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:53 pm

Again thanks for the updates Diane. Next time you talk to Criss or her mama, tell them that Criss is being sent all the :-4 :-4 :-4 :-4 there is in the world by us all!

minks · Post by **minks** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:55 pm

Tgirl you are bang on she is amazingly stong.

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 6:15 pm

She is doing well, which is what we are hoping for. But she has a long road ahead, and will need alot of support from friends and family, of course.

I just Googled Traumatic Brain Injury. Got alot of interesting hits on it. Br's is on the milder end of the spectrum, which is good. If you want more info, just check any of the sites that come up. Especially from the CDC

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:32 pm

That is a very good report on BR today! She is up and walking a little, and can write and remember things in order. Oh, I am shopping for flower goodies tomorrow!

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:51 pm

I've been away for a week and off line. I popped into FG this morning - only had a few minutes then - and got vibes that something was wrong and asked for information. Thankyou to the FGers who filled me in. I'm totally devastated.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 9:06 pm

I know, Snooze. But you've all had a chance to work through the initial shock. I'm still numb. You're right though. Criss is alive!!!! Hallelujah.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 12:15 am

Thanks Floppy. I got a nice card to send this afternoon and will make a flower and enclose that too. I have her hospital address but as I'll be mailing this from Australia, I'd like to put her Mom's address on the envelope too, in the optimistic hope she'll be discharged within the week to ten days airmail to the US seems to take. Could someone please pm that to me?

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 3:00 am

flopstock wrote: that just means you've caught up to the where the rest of us were a few days ago sweetie... there is much to be thankful for since then..

We're all making flowers to send her for her wall in her small hospital room.. we just got on that today, so you are not behind us at all...break out the glue and crayons...

I am not going to cut and paste paper flowers so cuddles can tape them on her hospital wall. Mines going to be leather.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 3:18 am

flopstock wrote: or maybe some of the leftover tiles from your fireplace project...:sneaky:

my 7 year old made her one of those 'cook in the oven' window sun catchers.. she kept insisting it was a butterfly even though I told her it was a flower.... guess who ended up being right..

I have a fireplace project ?

Oh yea I remember that thanks:yh_doh

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 4:49 am

It's gonna be a FLOWER POWER weekend :-4

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 5:31 am

cherandbuster wrote: It's gonna be a FLOWER POWER weekend :-4

It surely is! Thanks for the GREAT update flops!

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:41 am

"I think that is a good thing for a mother to know about her kid.."

++++++++++++ Trying to look for more positives here, and this sentence gave me the thought that this accident, horrible as it is, will bring Criss and her family even closer. I'm glad they'll all learn how much impact she has outside her "real" life and I'm hoping they'll come to a new appreciation for one another.

minks · Post by **minks** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:47 am

Jr Minks and I picked up fun foam ya know that colorful flat foam stuff that comes in sheets, nice and light and easy to hang on a wall, easy and cheap to mail, we got some funky colors

I thinke everyone ought to photograph their flowers before they send them off and we will open up a "Criss's garden" thread and post the pics there as well.

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:52 am

I'm not a very good artist, so can I just use my rubberstamps???

minks · Post by **minks** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:58 am

Sheryl wrote: I'm not a very good artist, so can I just use my rubberstamps???

yes go for it I say do whatever you can and have a ball, anything we send to miss BR is going to send her spirit over the moon. I just hope when it's all decorated we get pics of her room. (we will be ok if BR is not in the pic we respect her privacy) I hope she won't mind though if we send a news crew in to take pics of all the FG art ahahahahaha:wah:

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 8:10 am

Everything I've got is packed in boxes so I bought a flower when I bought Criss's card...it's a bit like the picture ..

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 8:20 am

If someone could get 1 or 2 CORK boards to her room, the flowers could be pinned on and then she could take them home with her

minks · Post by **minks** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 8:23 am

Bez wrote: If someone could get 1 or 2 CORK boards to her room, the flowers could be pinned on and then she could take them home with her

she will be a museum to all the nurses hehehehe

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 9:52 am

flopstock wrote: I just may be having a little road trip in the next couple of weeks... hey, it's less then 7 hours on mapquest i think...:wah:

Floopy

Are you going to visit our girl?

That is simply awesome :-6

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 9:58 am

Artistic stuff just not what I do best.. actually I can't even draw a good stick figure.. So I will print out the most beautiful flower I can find on the internet and print it on one of our fancy printers at work... hoperfully she will like it, it will be a flat flower, but a pretty flat flower :-3

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:13 am

CARLA wrote: Artistic stuff just not what I do best.. actually I can't even draw a good stick figure.. So I will print out the most beautiful flower I can find on the internet and print it on one of our fancy printers at work... hoperfully she will like it, it will be a flat flower, but a pretty flat flower :-3

You can print my sig flowers as well if you like, Carla. Or go to the source for a bigger photograph.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:27 am

Yes that is a beautiful flower OM I may just do that thank for making it available..

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:32 am

That is a pretty flower, OM.

When I was looking at cards to send, I only looked at flower cards. A pretty theme for our pretty BR.

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:37 am

minks wrote:

I thinke everyone ought to photograph their flowers before they send them off and we will open up a "Criss's garden" thread and post the pics there as well.
I was going to suggest this too! It'll look great with so many different styles and deigns!

And Bez's & Floppys corkboard ideas are FAB! That way we won't mess up their nice walls with tons of tape. She's gonna need quite a few though for all her cards AND her flowers! :wah:

Isn't it great how this idea is just rolling and improving with every post? You guys are all so great to know! I'm so glad to be part of your group!

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:55 am

chonsigirl wrote: That is a pretty flower, OM.

When I was looking at cards to send, I only looked at flower cards. A pretty theme for our pretty BR.

I confess that I got a joke card. But it takes ages to send mail across the pond unless I pay a lot extra. I did this for the card. But I thought the lilies were nice and hoped that someone might be able to print them for BR when the idea came up. At the rate she's recovering, she'll be out of hospital before my flowers got there if I posted from here.:-6

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 11:02 am

CARLA wrote: Yes that is a beautiful flower OM I may just do that thank for making it available..

Carla, if you do that, I will be in your debt.:-6

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 12:03 pm

I will do that for sure OM.. going into work tomorrow been out sick since Wendesday. I will print it on one of color printer that uses wax it will be a beautiful flower for sure..

911 · Post by **911** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 12:15 pm

I'm so glad she's doing much better!

As for being so far from the nurses station, I can tell you that is probably a good thing. They can get so noisy, with talking and banging and such. It'll be a lot quieter where she is and she'll sleep better.

You might tell Mamarider to get some twine or string and run it from one side of the wall to the other and she can hang the cards on it. If she starts it on the wall from BR's feet and brings it to the wall behind her head, she may be able to see the cards better. Just keep it above head level so no one runs into it.

Tape may not adhere to the wall very well. There are these glue dots out that work pretty well. One brand is called "Dots". They should come off the wall fairly well but probably not from the cards. They are sort of like that sticky stuff that is on the back of a credit card you might get in the mail that is stuck to the letter. You know what I mean? Anyway, you can try the tape and if it doesn't work you can try those. You can get them at a scrapbooking place or an arts and crafts place.

Don't forget the hand and foot lotion. Hospitals can be so dry.

Kisses

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 12:21 pm

Rapunzel wrote: You guys are all so great to know! I'm so glad to be part of your group!

Oh what a really nice thing to say! :-4

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 12:35 pm

CARLA wrote: I will do that for sure OM.. going into work tomorrow been out sick since Wendesday. I will print it on one of color printer that uses wax it will be a beautiful flower for sure..

Can I take it that you are feeling better now, Carla. I remember you saying you were a bit under.:-4

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 12:48 pm

Yes I went from totally under, to moving around :wah: a bit today.. So off to work for me, I will print that beautiful flower and put it in my card with a note stating it is from OM..

Thanks for your concern OM I'm to mean to stay down long..

[QUOTE]Can I take it that you are feeling better now, Carla. I remember you saying you were a bit under.[/QUOTE]