My wife (Margaret) called Harborview, and they confirmed that he is in the hospital there. Although they can't give out the room number, they did say that he is on the Neuro/ ICU floor. Hospital: 325 Ninth Ave, Seattle WA .... 206-744-3000. Here is a link to email patients in the hospital: http://uwmedicine.washington.edu/Facilities/Harborview/ClinicsAndServices/emailGifts.htm.
A quick update from Kris (in response to our offer to help with kids) is below. The address for the CaringBridge website Kris is posting to is: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/pauldavid.
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From: Kris
For the moment, we are in pretty good shape. We are getting a lot of support from family and friends, so I don't think it is necessary for you to come right now. However, we are going to be in this for the long haul, and I might see if you are still available in a few weeks when the immediacy dies down, but the need is still great!
Thanks also for setting up the blog. I didn't see your message before setting up the one on caringbridge.com. For now, I'm going to use that one, but if it turns out to be too clunky, I'll take a look at the one you set up.
Thanks for all your thoughts and well-wishes. Paul is making good progress, be we have a long way to go....
--Kris.
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Updates on Paul's condition after his accident on July 1 2008
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Here's Kris' update pasted from CaringBridge:
A number of things have changed since the last update. Paul had been wearing a neck brace due to a small fracture in his 5th vertebra. The doctors have determined that there is not danger to the spinal cord, so they have allowed the nurses to take the neck brace off. This allowed them to raise and turn Paul which seems to help both with the swelling, and mobility. Paul is moving all of his limbs voluntarily and seems to be responding to specific commands.
Another bit of good news is that he is starting to respond to light shone in his left eye. This was not happening yesterday and this morning. We are hopeful that as the swelling continues to go down, he will continue to show progress in his left eye.
Thanks to everyone who has called or emailed. I cannot answer/respond to everyone, but please know that your thoughts/offers/well-wishes are greatly appreciated by myself and all of Paul's family.
--Kris.
One more thing: I tried signing up to CaringBridge with paulkris@googlegroups.com as the email address. I hope this will allow Kris' posted updates to get automatically distributed to everyone on the mailing list.
Paul, Kris, and kidlets - much love from the Dinkins clan here in Kansas. If anyone has the willpower and determination to pull through this, it's Paul. He's one of - if not the - strongest person I know. Kris, give the big lug a hug from all of us.
Thanks, Mark, for this blog and copying over the updates, it's hugely appreciated (I'm only subscribed to this blog, not the one on caringbridge).
-jeff
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