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Text: Caringbridge

Author: Greta hansenbegg 

Brett Got to leave the hospital for his first time since the accident for thanksgiving!! He was also on fox news the other night and he loves to watch it over and over again and is so proud of him self! 



Brett has also been feeling sad and not being able to see the good in the days. When asked how his day was he will start to say oh not very good and then someone will stop him and list off all the great things that happened that day for example they found out he doesnt need a lift anymore to get in and out of the bathtub, his grandparents came to see him, he god a shake from DQ, got to watch a video that his friends recorded on his facebook wall, and got to text his friends through his mom. After he was reminded of all this Brett realized that he did have a good day after all. which leads me to Brett has become very good at using his electronic typer and now he will tell his mom what he wants her to say and she will text it to his friends for him soon he will be able to text it all on his own! Brett isnt always seeing the good but he is improving SO SO SO much!

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I read many letters from TEC that my family and friends had sent me. Although one stood out the most and it was from my older brother andy. My brother Andy and I are very close and I enjoyed his letter. TEC is one big surprice and Andys letter was about how I said that I would never go to TEC because i would get so frustrated when he wouldnt tell me what you did. It also talked about things he had been doing because I dont get to see him very often. The just of most my letters were people saying fun things they remember about me or sharing things about them selves. I also read many bible verses about unconditional love and agape. 

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Text: Caringbridge/bretthansenbegg
Author:Greta Hansen-Begg

Brett has had a hard past few days. He has gone through so much these past few months and now he can understand everything you say and respond to questions with yes or no or a few words he can say. As i have said before Luke and Samantha were in the car with Brett, Sam is fine, but Luke didn't make it. Up until yesterday they had not told Brett that Luke was no longer with us and they were planing on waiting so he was able to ask questions and they were afraid Brett would stop fighting for his life. Well when Luke's brothers were visiting Brett yesterday they asked him if he had noticed Luke had not come to see him yet and Brett nodded yes. So after Greta and Alan had a long talk Greta sat down next to Brett and she was crying she told Brett that Luke had died in the car crash Brett tried to hand his mom the towel he was holding at the time to wipe her tears and then he hid his face in his pillow for a while. Brett has also been feeling very bad right shoulder/knee pains the past few days and today they took him in for an X-Ray and it turns out his shoulder had been popped out of place, but now they know and they can fix that. On a lighter note Brett is no longer on tube feeding he eats all food through his mouth! Last night was his last tube feeding he was pushing it away when his mom was giving it to him and Greta asked him if he didn't want to eat tube feeding anymore and he said yes. The doctors decided to have him stop it and his tube will be taken out some time in December. Thats the low down on Brett!

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Brett never stops! He has been using his voice so much, even though he cant really say things the other day his mom went to the other side of the room and he couldn't see her anymore and he said that word mom! Another time he used his voice was when Greta was asking him questions and he said the word nothing. Brett will say words often,but its very hard to understand. In these two situations they could understand what he was saying without trying to figure it out! Brett also is answering to yes and no questions now by shaking his head for no and nodding for yes it has made communicating with him so much easier. Now Brett can smile with all his teeth and its symmetrical not just a sperk and he loves to have pictures taken of him. Brett's strength has grown so much he is now wanting to stay in the stander longer(that he has out grown because he is now grown 2 inches since the car crash and now an XL has been ordered for him) and he will wave to you on his own! Brett will be going back to watertown and his normal school on January 5th thats 2 months away and they don't know what stage he will be at then, but he gets to go home!

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Text: Caringbridge/Bretthansenbegg
Author: Greta Hansen-Begg

Brett had a very big step today! He is eating meals. Although Brett is still getting tube feeding it has been significantly reduced. Today for lunch Brett had Mashed potatos, beef, peas, applesauce, juice, and milk. He ate about half of the potatos, beef, and peas and all of the applesauce. After he was finishedrnished with the applesauce he kept opening his mouth for more, but when Greta would give him the left over food he would not eat it. He would actually mumble out a no. Greta thinks this is because Brett had a hard time eating the other food and the applesauce he didn't really have to chew. Brett is also reading the book to kill a mocking bird in his school. He other day Brett brought his hands to his face and gently touched his face and wondered around it as if he was feeling it for the first time and this is the first time he has done something like this. A low is Brett didn't really seem to want to participate in his PT and his mom could tell something was wrong once she found out what it was she said Brett I'll hold up my end of the deal if you hold up yours and do PT today, sure enough it worked. Thats the news on Brett for today!

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Text: Caring bridge/brethansenbegg

Author: Greta Hansen-Begg

Brett has been doing very good. Bretts best friend Luke who dieds brother came to see Brett. Brett just loves him and he re recorded Brett's yes no buzzer sound so it was in his voice not the nurses. Brett is now responding to his yes/no questions much faster and is right most the time. When we were there to visit Brett would also turn on his music with a buzzer as well. Greta used to have to force Brett to keep his mouth open with a bite plate, but now Brett can hold open his mouth on his own when his mom brushes his teeth! Greta has been giving Brett little bits of food for a while now alot of times different kinds of pies or applesauce and Brett can now eat it with out coughing! Brett is improving everyday!