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Caring Bridge: Brett Hansen-Begg

By: Greta & Alan Hansen-Begg

Now that Brett is home his mom, Greta, has not been updating the blog site as much as she did when she was at the hospital. But she still keeps updates almost everyday, but they just are not as detailed. A normal day for Brett is going to school in the morning at Watertown-Mayer High school then in the afternoon he is at Waconia Therapy Center. During therapies he works on OT and PT. His speech is getting better than it was before, but it is still pretty hard to understand what he is trying to say so he is using his link key board still for the majority of his communication, but his mom will challenge him sometimes to try to use his voice along with his link to converse with people. That has been a great challenge for Brett. Just this past weekend a few of my friends and I went to go visit him. It was so great to see him at home and in such a normal environment. When we were there Greta helped Brett walk across the living room and give us all standing hugs and we even got a picture with Tori and Molly supporting Brett standing up right. This boy is one of the most determined people I know, he has so many reasons to keep fighting and make a wonderful recovery.

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Caringbridge: Brett Hansen-Begg

By: Greta & Alan Hansen-Begg

Brett's final release date from the hospital is coming into clear view!! Since Christmas Brett's dad, Alan has been staying at the hospital so he can get used to the cares for Brett that he is going to have to do once Brett is home. Brett loves being around his dad and has a good time messing around, his happy moods and positive energy has been a result of that. Brett is completely off his sleeping medicines and is sleeping all on his own from about 9 at night to around 6 in the morning. A draw back with Brett's brain injury is that he is having problems with his short term memory. He asks quite frequently about the accident that happened that got him to where he is now, and for a period of time he thought that he was the one driving the car when it happened. So Greta is there to help make things clear for him and understand what did happen. Tori, Sarah and I went to the hospital the other day to see him! I was so amazed at how much Brett is back to the Brett that I remember. He was typing out jokes to us, we were dancing, and laughing and having a good time. He also was telling us how excited he is go to home for good, and go back to school on the 5th of January. I am so proud of him and all the accomplishments that he has made and I can not even imagine how soon and how far he will make it, and I am so excited to be with him through it all.