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Wow! What a day!
hey one love family,
i am SO proud of chi… he had a FULL day today. we had so much going on. today the doctors from jersey came in.. dr. defina, dr. thompson and dr. halper. i want to thank these doctors from the bottom of my heart. what they have been able to accomplish with chi in such a little amount of time is so encouraging. i can't wait to see how things go as we progress thru the protocol.
the doctors did the same series of tests that the did the first time they were out here to see chi and i asked dr. thompson if he was able to see any signs of improvement and he said yes… so chi's brain is healing! the tests were lengthy and almost space age like. chi was so patient thru all of the testing they did.. and it was a looong process. we will have the final more detailed results from the tests in about a week and we will know more about what kind of improvements are happening.
not only did chi go thru a long day of tests but also sonny (POD) arranged to have a film crew come out here so we could film a documentary all about chi, his accident, his recovery, the doctors and the protocol. thank you so much sonny for making this happen. it will help to bring much needed awareness to chi and his cause. once the documentary is finished it will be put out to the networks with goals of it being aired on MTV etc. it will also be made available in it's entirety on the one love website and thewhosoevers.com.
thank you all for your love and support in helping make this happen for chi. we are all so grateful and i know he is as well.
i got some pictures of chi to share with you all. understand this is AFTER all the tests etc.. and he was exhausted! but i think he looks GREAT!
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he’s probably thinking
“are we done here yet??!”
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“don’t you people have
somewhere else to be?”
love to you all!
UPDATE: by the way! the man just said "MOM, MOM, MOM, MOM!"
wow… he never ceases to amaze us. he has not spoken in 10 months since his last brain surgery!
one love for chi,
gina
Hangin’ With Chi…
hey all…
chi looks great! he is looking more and more like himself. he looks like he has gained a little weight.. face looks more filled out then last time i saw him. chi is definately showing signs of being more aware and focused. he has started lifting his legs and kicking them off the side of his chair… almost like he is trying to go somewhere!
i got in late last nite so we didn't do much since he was tired.. and well… so was i. i put some jeff buckley on and slept in the other bed next to him… every once in awhile i would wake to him making yawning noises.. even hearing his voice in that way just sounds good. so.. after our slumber party the next morning stephanie came over to get him up.. we got him cleaned up, dressed and in his chair and then took him for a walk outside.
then we came over to her place (stephanie lives in the same apt. complex – she is SO amazing with him.. i don't know what we would do without her!) and have just been hanging out here all day. recently we (the one love fam) purchased a amazon kindle for chi… it does text to speech so we
can order books for him and it reads the words to him. i got it all set up for him today and ordered a book.. once it started playing his eyes opened up HUGE and he just started soaking it all up. you can tell he is really listening to the book being read. at one point momma j was calling me on my phone so i paused the book.. chi looked at me like “hey what happened to my book??!” …i am not one to piss off our boy so i quickly got off the phone so he could resume listening. he is still listening to it now hours later. so ya.. chi says thanks one love family for the kindle!
tomorrow dr. defina and his crew will be arriving. i will let you all know how that goes… i may pop back in tonight and do another update… but for sure tomorrow.
i'm really proud of chi.. he is so strong. i have mad respect for this man. his tenacity is inspiring!
one love for chi,
gina
When he came in, he took one look at dai and was floored!
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One Love For Chi!
hey family,
just wanted to take a minute to drop a line and share some good news that we got yesterday. first though, i want to send all my love to the olsem family for their loss. i can't think of anything that can be said that would help, it just should never have happened. you know, when i was younger, i never thought too much about buckling up. for me it was mostly to avoid getting a ticket. it never occurred to me that it might save my life when some idiot high on whatever, smashes into me. i feel differently now. i look over at dai lying there, looking back at me, i think about the pain ben's family and his girl feel that will never fully heal, i think of the kid who will be charged with manslaughter and have to live with knowing what he did. let's do everyone that loves us a simple favor and try to not let this happen again. i can say from experience, it does happen, you won't see it coming, so just be careful and live like it might. BUCKLE UP!
alright, enough preaching from me. we went to dr. nguyen yesterday. our last appointment was 4/30/10, so he saw dai 3 wks ago. when he saw him last, not much had changed. just a regular visit. well, yesterday when he came in, he took one look at dai and was floored. Read more
Updates… Plans… Progress… Jersey??
hey all, so much going on lately *head spin*
t-shirts… …so i apologize that i am running a bit behind on answering your emails and have a sheeshton of t-shirts to get shipped out.. and reshipped out to those of you who never got your first shipment. i assure you i will have these ALL caught up and out the door over the next couple days… and i appreciate your patience. contrary to popular belief i only have two hands and one computer 
i have a couple of new t-shirt designs that i will be adding soon.. they are awesome! check them out…
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We Love You Chi!
hey all…
just another quick update to let you know i talked to chi again twice yesterday.. during our second call he was being SUPER vocal. stephanie and i kept encouraging him to get some simple words out… he made lots of vowel sounds.. and “uh” sounds…
then i asked him if he could say “hi” to me… then i could hear him working himself up to make a sound… and he got the “H” sound out. it was obvious he was comprehending my requests (which is huge!) and was making efforts to say “hi”!
it takes an incredible amount of his energy to do this… it was the most vocal i have heard him be in awhile.
stephanie and i continued to cheer him on and encourage him to keep practicing using those vocal chords… and he kept on making sounds. it was awesoome!
keep praying for our brother!
one love for chi,
gina
Mark from dredg…
Hello, this is Mark from dredg.
Greetings and Salutations.
Been awhile. Thought I might pop in and relay any news and gibberish that I normally dump here.
Been kind of caught up in the game of life lately I suppose: Work, play, try to pay the bills (or not so much lately in the credit card department),etc…..repeat….rinse….repeat. But enough about me.
Saw Dai last month. He was looking in the best shape I’d seen him in the last 3trips. But then again the other 2 times he was teetering on the line with a pneumonia again. Hoping I’m getting my losertaxcredit soon so I can jump a 2 day flight soon. Not being there everyday either gives me more or less visibility and objectivity.
I think he’s making progress.
Slowly
methinks the new pro tow call is helping
Medicaid may be kicking in bout now I hope.
Make no mistake, Medicaid may infact be the best insurance. I have had it on and off as a result of procreating this last time. Gotta love the sunshine.
But, that’s bout 2k a month. bout time to kick in the the other half of the 80k to the east coast crue. Not there yet, but we’ll find a way.
All these other trivialities aside,
I miss him too.
Give a holler on youtube and we’ll dump it on his gut. He seems to be warming to people lately.
Thanks, Gina, Sonny, whosoevers, you, Hefe, you and for coming back again to check in. Seems to restore my faith in humanity.
Oh, two last things before I blow a little more smoke and roll the 4 track.
1). I’m wanting to put 2gether a comp cd with covers of some of Dai’s favorite songs. I will post a list of some of his favorite records/artists and you guys can submit the tracks. That kid DJ Hefe (Romanian promoter-thanks for the Dracula band shirt btw) whipped one up right quick, I’m sure we can do the same.
Social Distortion/Mommys little Monster
Wilco/Yankee foxtrot Hotel; jesus etc.
Johnny Cash version of Hurt
But ya’ll throw your twist on these things. I will of course consider any good originals. Email me your tracks to luckyshine1999@yahoo.com.
I got dibbs on Social D.- It wasn’t a pretty picture. Q50 version2pointOh!
Oh and I will be ebaying some cool stuff for the cause. Hefe donated a signed Faith No More U.K. Poster. I’m bidding on that mother. I just inadvertently opened one of those DeanKarrDai posters from onelove shipping deparment-whoops Gina you put my name on my birthday/fathers day gift maria ordered.luvu-Point is that it’s cool. Dudes wearing makeup and has this hair wrapped with bailing wire. Thanks mi amore. The keyword for all my auction shit will be onelove4Dai. I post in a week on ebay-yall can take a crack at the platinum pony. Theres not that many in existstence methinks and it would be really easy to swap out the nameplate from mine to yours. I will be checking in a little more regularly to keep ya posted and to check me sanity for a minute.
Oneloveya’ll. -M.
p.s. Here’s a couple more for now (keep in mind, Dai likes to play heavy music, but not listen to it so much at home).
Old 97s, Ryan Adams, Weezer-Pinkerton, Ben Harper, Johnny Cash, John Denver, the list goes on, but why don’t I actually leave the rest in
Your hands. Ya’ll have been doing a great job so far.
Thanks again.
Sitting Beside A Miracle…
One Love For Chi.. Always!
namaste my one love family. sorry for the hiatus. life has thrown a few more curve balls – cause that’s when you get kicked, when your already down. besides being in the midst of a nasty divorce and losing everything, i am still here. it’s actually a blessing to purge all the ugliness and negativity out of my life. to become empty allows me to be filled with all the good.
most importantly, let me talk about dai. he is alive and kicking. my beast of a man. being honored enough to take care of him is like watching a miracle everyday. to watch him hold on and fight when most would have thrown in the towel. when i start to worry about things i cannot control, i remember who i am dealing with. dai has never done anything in his life without purpose. a higher purpose. even though i don’t know what the reason is behind this accident, dai has his reason and it will be known in his time. we have started dai on Dr. DeFina’s protocol. the first step was weening him off any sedatives that were keeping him comotose. he has had a few episodes being off them, but they are not nearly as bad as they were. today i will be calling dr. nguyen, who continues to be a blessing, for the first new med we are starting him on. i am a bit apprehensive about starting dai on stimulating meds because he is having a slight reaction to being entirely off the other stuff, but i feel like that this is the road we are meant to take that will help dai. what is wonderful is that now he is off the sleepy shit, he is much more aware and awake. he wants to wake up and go. it’s been great getting dai up and out now that the weather is beautiful. i have an apartment next to dai now so i can kidnap him and take him to my place so we can listen to our muzak, pink floyd, iron maiden and such. no offense mom, but if dai has to listen to taylor swift one more time…
a high note for dai was having his buddies from dredg over a few weeks ago. what great guys. it has been awhile since dai had some company besides my usual meathead, mom and steph. he loved it. and they were so cool, talking right to him. some people that have seen dai don’t know quite how to react. dai was very animated and was trying to get up that night. i think it was motivating for him to be reminded of what he has to come back to. and it was an honor to meet them. thanks for coming guys, hope to see you again soon. my door is always open. love and respect.
oh yea, people, support our bands. the ipod is killing our bands. the good ones will cease to be if we don’t show some love. we will be left in a pop nation. buy cd’s, go to shows. you would miss the good music if it was gone.
much love and respect,
mae
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