NOW the Work Starts -- Monday 1/30/06

Joseph moved back to Rehab this afternoon, Yea! He is excited to get to work. He begins with three one hour workouts a day. Not much by pre-accident standards but massive after lying down flat for three weeks, not even breathing with his own muscles. He's lost 32 pounds (2.3 stone for you British lot). He is in Room 483A at the LDS Hospital Neuro Specialty Rehabilitation Unit (8th Avenue and C Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84143). He will be there for at least 4-6 weeks. Saturdays and especially Sundays are good days to visit.

Below are some photos of Joseph in the emergency room of the Herrerra Llerandi Hospital in Guatemala getting fitted with headgear for his traction and the weights. They attached the metal frame to his skull and attached the weights to the end of a rope pulling on the frame over a pulley. He was in this for 5 days with increasing weights (a little over 40 lbs at the end, including three sandbags). Following those photos are the x-rays from before the surgery and after, with the titanium plate securing C-4 to C-5 with four titanium screws. CLICK ON IMAGE FOR LARGER VIEW.