TARA BLOGGING DURING REHAB

(October 9, 2007) Editor’s Note: Tara Llanes has begun recording her progress in rehab at the Craig Hospital in Denver as she continues to recover from the spinal cord injuries she suffered in a mountain bike race in Colorado on September 1. Below is the latest update she’s posted to her MySpace page. She’s been blogging about her recovery since September 23rd. All of her blogs, new photos of her recovery (like the one shown of her here, rehabbing in her standing rig) and many, many good wishes can be found at:

http://myspace.com/mtbtara

Her family, friends, and supporters are urging those folks who want to help contribute to a special fund set up for Tara’s recovery to visit:

www.tarallanesroadtorecovery.com

TARA’S UPDATE

Uh my gawd! It's freakin' 11:45 p.m and I'm exhausted. The weekend was so-so. The company was great!! It was me that was so-so. I have been so nauseous and haven't been able to get to some of my classes and even eat. I wouldn't wish this on anybody, but I'll totally get through it. I know it. The doctors right now are just putting me through a bunch of tests and so far they are clean as a whistle. Now normally you would think I'd be stoked about that and yes of course I am. But if they would just say, "Oh, okay we found the problem" then at least they could fix it, ya know? So that's what's been going on here. Some nausea and then not being able to eat I've been feeling a tiny on the weak side, but I'm getting it back. I got weighed today and last week I was down to 117 lbs., but now I'm back up to 120 lbs. WooHoo!

I got to cruise around outside yesterday and we did some breaking of the law. Elke, Polly, Jen, and Annie kidnapped me and took me up the 7/11 about 3 blocks off campus. I figured what the heck were they gonna do if they caught me. Ground me!? heehee. It felt so good to get out. On the way back we bumped into Stephen again with his wife Melissa, his 5 yr. old Seth, Stephen's brother Martin, and Dale Holmes who just came to visit so that was good to see them. And of course I had to show off my wheelies to them. :)

Okay I seriously NEED to get to bed. I'll try to write more tomorrow. I have pool therapy tomorrow. Suweet!