The Journey of James Weston

Tuesday, February 28th, 2023 Today James had some early morning PT at home where we continued working on standing as well as shifting his weight from one leg to another. We would pick up one of his legs and then switch. James was totally fine with it and kept his balance the entire time. 👍 Mom attempted to play ball with James, but he ended up being a ball hog and had a few violations for traveling. 🏀 🤣  Video below. James even scooted out the back patio door. Mom was showing James how to put on the grill cover and he figured he would just come down the step to go outside too. He had no hesitation about skooting on the wood but Mom didn't let that happen. 🪵 P.S. You can email James your love and support as often as you’d like. Mom and Dad read these email to James as they come in. We all love them! JamesWestonAbramowitz@gmail.com

Monday, February 27th, 2023 It started out that any other morning. Mom was doing his morning care getting him ready for PT at the hospital. Then it turned into a morning Mom will never forget.  Below is the post mom shared with the Trach Mom community to help others be more aware... ----- I almost accidentally killed my son this morning. I was hesitant about posting this for several reasons but I know that posts like these have helped me become more aware of how a situation can happen and overall more on alert. This morning I had put my son on the ventilator quickly to do his nebulizer treatments because that is the only way that we are able to do them. He is off the ventilator otherwise and is very stable. When we were finished I took him off of the ventilator and put on his red cap. He was still fully cuffed! I completely skipped the step to deflate his cuff (and we have been doing this for a while). I proceeded to put away the ventilator circuit, still standing right there. He w...

Sunday, February 26th, 2023 Tons of photos! Very busy day! Dad started off the morning playing "Dress Up for School" with James. Several adorable photos! 📸 Then we met up with some new friends for breakfast at a diner 🍳 and then headed to the zoo. 🦒 They were in town from Minnesota. The Dads know each other through one of his groups called Front Row Dads. It was a very hot day. 🥵 James rode the carousel 🎠 several times and it was the first time we saw James get competitive. 😂 He was excited as always to see the giraffes!  Afterwards Mom and Dad thought they could grab dinner and James would stay sleeping in his carseat. Too bad we chose a spot with loud latin music. 🙉 James woke up and we left to run some errands. Dad wanted to take James to Sam Ash where Dad currently gets guitar lessons. As soon as we walked in James lived it. He pointed to every guitar and instruments hung on the walls. Dad played them all for us. 😂 Then we headed over to Lowe's because Mom wan...