June Meeting

This Saturday (June 18) will be this month's meeting.  Sorry about having to cancel last month's meeting.  As usual, we will be in the Casey Conference Rm at Swedish Cherry Hill campus from 12:45 pm to 3:00 pm.

Part of the reason for last month's cancellation was my arm injury.  I dislocated my left arm in an accident in the Safeway parking lot.  It involved our car, a lock on one of the doors, a shopping cart and a pointed curb.  I got a dislocated shoulder, black eye, sprained wrist & sprained knee out of it.  Just got rid of the sling today and I start physical therapy tomorrow.

I do want to say that the Seattle Fire and the EMTs did a great job.

I've been keeping up with my Facebook page and the LinkedIn page.

Fortunately (?), now I have the ability to be on the computer a bit longer than I was there for awhile.

I look forward to seeing everyone on Saturday!
 

December Meeting/Chris Harris' Death

Next Saturday, December 19th, is our final meeting for 2015!  Hard to believe.  As usual, we will meet in the Casey Room at Swedish Hospital's Cherry Hill campus from 12:45 pm to 3:00 pm.  Drop ins and kids are welcome.

Sad to report that Chris Harris has died.  Six years ago he was mistakenly identified by a King County Sheriff's deputy as a criminal and body slammed him, head first, into the wall of a local movie theater, causing severe brain damage.  Our group's thoughts and prayers have always been with Mr. Harris and his family, just as they are with his passing.  Unfortunately, while the medical examiner has reclassified Mr. Harris' death as a homicide, the Sheriff's deputy won't be facing any charges.  He was 'retrained' and cleared about four years ago of any wrong-doing.

As I stated in an earlier post, we have submitted our application for the 2016 UW Brain Awareness Open House event, set for March.  Hopefully, there will also be representatives from the UW's helmet program, a public private partnership, that is developing a helmet that better protects the brain during football.  According to local news reports, the helmet will hopefully be available in 2016!

It also wasn't lost on me that now news reports are recognizing the dangers with cheerleading and sports, other than football, that pose a risk of head injury.  I do realize that there are lots of activities that pose a risk to acquiring hydrocephalus, through brain injury, but raising awareness of this is important.

We will have a lot to discuss this month!

Monthly Meeting Reminder

Just a quick reminder that the September meeting will be held at Swedish Hospital's Cherry Hill campus, in the Casey Conference Room from 1pm to 3 pm on September 19th.  We look forward to seeing everyone.  Remember, drop ins and kids are welcome.

October Meeting!

Hi!  Can't believe that we are already coming up on the October, 2014 meeting already.  We will be meeting on October 18th, as always, we will be meeting from 12:45 pm to 3:00 pm in the Casey Conference Room at Swedish's Cherry Hill campus (17th & Jefferson, Seattle).  We welcome anyone with an interest in hydrocephalus.  Drop ins are encouraged.  Kids are welcome.

Looking forward to seeing familiar & new faces.  I will be bringing the hydrocephalus doll.

JULY MEETING

The July meeting is on July 19th, from 12:45 pm to 3:00 pm in the Casey Conference Room at Swedish Hospital's Cherry Hill campus (17th & Jefferson, Seattle).  As always, everyone with an interest in hydrocephalus is welcome to attend.

We do have a few things on the agenda.  I've been working on some promotional/marketing ideas for September--a few look like they are going to happen!  Very excited.