New Prayers Needed!

Wow this is getting really, "crazy", as Jason has been saying!   Carolin usually texts us after Jason's therapy around 4:30ish each day to give us an update but today it was 10:30 when she excitedly texted us that Jason had just walked into the room where she was sitting, walked over to the couch and sat down next to her, with his therapist only helping him keep his balance!  I told her it was all the prayers that went up last night after people read the blog.  :D

Unfortunately this afternoon there was some indication that Jason may be having some issues with his right eye though it's hard to tell what the problem is since he hasn't been able to communicate exactly what is wrong.  Please direct those healing prayers towards his beautiful brown eyes for now that perhaps this is just a temporary problem and they can figure it all out.

This past weekend we came up with some guidelines for visiting that will make things easier on Jason.  I know everyone already knows this but please make sure to email Carolin as soon ahead as you know at cares1218@gmail.com.  She is coordinating visits as it's really important not to overwhelm Jason with too many different faces and lots of assorted conversations.

The best time to visit Jason is week nights between 4-6 and then Sundays after 11.  Saturdays he has varying times for therapy so it's hard to plan times.  (We are going to reserve that day mostly for us and his siblings.)

As of right now he definitely gets tired with visitors after a while and again too much conversation overloads his thought process so visits are going to be limited to two people for 30 minutes at a time.  There are several really nice lobby areas on the first floor, and especially for people driving long distances, you can always wait there for awhile to give him some break time and then have another visit. 

For the rest of this month the only weekend day available is this coming Sunday, September 23 and Carolin says that is depending on the time as there are already people coming for parts of the day.  Jason has a very busy social calendar!

To help Jason and Carolin even more please make sure to get your tickets for October 12 at www.thejasonshepardbenefit.com.  It's going to be a really great night out and if Friday night at Ruby Tuesday's is any indication a great reunion of old friends from each segment of Jason's life with lots of catching up, laughter, yummy food, music, (which of course means dancing!), live entertainment, awesome raffle items,  and of course the silent auction with all kinds of cool items still arriving. (And hoping they keep arriving!  With the Capitols season in jeopardy those hockey tickets might not be coming so it would be great to get Skins, Nationals, Orioles, etc. tickets.  Of course you all coming from surrounding states might want to put in a word to your local sports teams for some tickets to donate to the auction too!)