Daniel Mauck Updates

Daniel's Home Coming

2008-09-11T10:47:00.000-07:00

Thank You Bunko Babes!

Dio Your The Best!

Thank You To Shelly And Yuko!

Thursday...Home

2008-09-11T08:54:00.000-07:00

We are here and it feels great! Daniel will continue his recovery on Maui, in fact it has already begun as we keep him on a schedule that reflects his rehab in Oahu with physical training 3xs a day, and using materials to keep his mind challenged until we get him in a routine over here. One thing we bought him is a DS (like game boy) it has a game called "Brain Age" try it - it will totally discourage you! Speech and Language Therapy is the main one that was recommended to pursue but he is still working on balance and range of motion issues so that will also be addressed.

When we got off the plane Tuesday our limo driver Kalani and Caitlin were waiting for us. First we stopped by Hope Chapel to see a few friends and then we went home to be greeted by a "Welcome Home Daniel" sign in the driveway and our mutt Maggie at the door. Inside Chris's Bunko Babes had a basket of gifts waiting for us, Dio had made some food with soup on the stove and the table already set and Cait, Yuko and Shelly had the place looking pretty clean! Jackie and Jori pitching in as well. That first night here Daniel was up to going to a small bible study with some friends and last night while I was at worship practice he and Caitlin (after he took a 3 hour power nap) went to Calvary Chapel for their Wednesday night service. Everyone has been very encouraging to him and he is so excited to be back.

For the sake of keeping family and some friends updated we will continue this blog for perhaps a couple more weeks, but we want to express again how faithful our Lord Jesus is, our dependency on him for whatever life throws at us and the gratitude of all of you who believe in prayer to come alongside. Answered prayer does truly glorify God and demonstrates his love, concern and presence in our lives!

Thank You to the "comment crowd", I have read many of those to Daniel and Chris and they are a boost. LuLu, Liza, Cari. Dio, Makena, Joyce and Jesse etc. you know who you are! Thank You.

Also Chris wants me to say a big "blanket" mahalo to all who have been there in practical ways doing errands, bringing food, financially assisting us, calling to see how's it going, sending cards, etc, etc, until we can properly thank you! Our God is Awesome..The Maucks

Daniel pics from Sunday

2008-09-08T17:49:00.000-07:00

"Practicing" with therapist

Escaping with strange lady

The good life, dinner out at Islands

Monday Afternoon-Last Day!

2008-09-08T16:49:00.000-07:00

We are wrapping things up today, seeing therapist for the last time, what a great bunch to work with! Daniel thinks he is coming home smarter since they are asking things of him that he has not even worked with at school. As I was sitting in his wheel chair yesterday (Daniel was in the comfy chair) a new nurse asked me if I was able to swallow pills yet? I told her I was doing much better - who's the patient here?

Saturday in the Rehab

2008-09-06T17:43:00.000-07:00

The work started at 7am this morning with a little light exercise, then we moved on to the speech therapist, which actually has more to do with logic, reasoning, problem solving task then anything else. He is at his last session now with Chris and will be done by 3. Last night we got a pass and took Daniel outside of a hospital for the first time since August 15th! We went cruising through Waikiki and then over to an ice cream place called "Bubbies" next to UH where Chris and I used to go "back in '87", we were a little surprised to find it still in business. We brought back a couple of boxes of mochi ice cream for the nurses, it was a hit. Tonight we cancelled the hospital chow and will once again venture out to find dinner, I told Daniel whatever we get we still have to "cube" it, hospital style, I think he believed me. Thanks to uncle Marks inspiration we bought a Sudoku book and was very happy to see Daniel figuring it out. We also got a word find book, so the fun never stops for the buddy. We miss Cait and are looking forward to seeing her next week. God Bless...The Maucks

Friday Afternoon Update

2008-09-05T19:59:00.000-07:00

Daniel is improving every day and makes a good effort, doing all that is given him by his therapists. While we feel he is making great progress he would like things to happen faster. Being here is helping him to realize the seriousness of his accident, so that is positive. Some things have come easy for him while others may take some time. We are really looking forward to getting back home although everyone has been very kind to us here. I think Daniel too is looking forward to school, church, bible study, hanging out, etc. but all of those things will have to be eased into. Thank You all for being there...The Maucks "For the Lord is good His unfailing love continues forever, and His faithfulness continues to each generation".

Wednesday Evening from Rehab

2008-09-03T21:56:00.000-07:00

Today was a full day of rehab and Daniel really sees the benefits of being over here. Although we were ready for at least a 2 week stay, the Doctor said today that we could be leaving by next Tuesday! That was great news for buddy. Chris and I are both excited and a little nervous but this has been about Gods timing from the start, no reason to question now - we'll be ready. Daniel says thank you again for all the prayer and was glad I was here to do "shower training" with him instead of the cute nurse. Another great thing is that just like 16 years ago the Mau family has come through for us with a condo I can stay at for the rest of the time we are here , and it is only 3 minutes away from the hospital. God's grace is sufficient, God bless you! The Maucks

Tuesday Evening at Rehab

2008-09-02T22:28:00.000-07:00

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"Somewhere close to China Town" Everything went smoothly getting here and we will start all of the evaluations tomorrow.

In honor of Daniel Dollar Car Rental gave me a P.T. Cruiser.

Daniel says "hopefully I am going to come back soon, I'm feeling fine but still need to see better and learn how to walk".

Chris says it is more family friendly here with a cafeteria and they let us eat in the room if we would like, tonight is "Heart Healthy" Pizza Hut.

I miss my Dad, mainly because Daniel reminds me of him when he repeats things over and over, we have a signal for this which is to wave an arm in the air that is holding an imaginary flag with a big "R" for "repeat" printed on it. Sometimes it helps.

We all miss Caitlin and we miss all of you.

Our new address is 226 N. Kuakini St. Honolulu, HI. 96817. Phone here is 808-531-3511 Room 303 (Jackie F. said someone was asking)

God is just incredible,
goodnight,
the Maucks

More Pictures of Daniel

2008-09-01T11:57:00.000-07:00

Daniel has come a long way from here...

...to here!

Monday Morning

2008-09-01T00:05:00.000-07:00

Today will be our last full day at Maui Memorial Hospital, we leave Tuesday morning for Oahu. Yesterday Daniel enjoyed the company of some friends who visited from Hope and Calvary. We had him sitting up for three hours straight so he should be ready for the trip tomorrow. For the first time he walked across the room unassisted and his balance is gradually improving. Last night Chris and Daniel both slept pretty much through the night which is a tribute to the nursing staff here being as quiet as possible as they came into the room. I am not making this up - he said he couldn't wait to get back to school AND work, pretty sure the translation of that is not emphasising work or academics, but hanging with friends-we'll see. We will start being specific in our prayer request from Oahu as the rehab develops-I hope I have communicated the way in which we covet your prayers, they are more precious than anything to us as we ask God to bring Daniel to full recovery. To maximize the blog, I want to suggest that if any of you are wanting prayer for anything put it in the comments section and I'll bet more than a few of us will lift you and your circumstances up to the Lord! Galatians 6:14a "As for me, God forbid that I should boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ"...Craig

Sunday Morning

2008-08-31T11:07:00.001-07:00

While Mark and Jori (they seem omnipresent) stay with Daniel, Chris, Caitlin and I are off to "the well"- our church- for the first time since the accident, it may be a few weeks, especially for Chris, before she gets the next opportunity. I see God showing Daniel what we have all learned these past two weeks, to celebrate what the Lord gives us today and then trust Him for what tomorrow may bring. He is very anxious to see improvement and at times wishes it could happen faster, pretty normal I'd say. For me, I am more than satisfied that he can give me a hug, but he does have some challenges ahead that God intends to use to increase his character, weather things improve quickly (which we think they are considering he was out for more than a week) or if they take longer. The P.T. had him going down the hall yesterday with no walker only holding onto one hand for balance, and that took place right after we had him in a chair for two hours visiting other parts of the hospital. He loves to talk at, with?-either one- people and Lord help us that has improved to to about 60% where he was! May God bless each one of you for caring enough to lift up our son in prayer, you all have experienced why God is worthy of all the glory and you have sustained us through the most difficult time in our life. Love you guys-The Maucks

More Pictures of Daniel

2008-08-30T11:45:00.000-07:00

Friday evening... after visiting hours

2008-08-29T20:46:00.000-07:00

As Daniel continues to gain in strength, we look forward to starting rehab on Oahu. Our flight is booked for Tuesday morning and Annie Liuzzi has graciously consented to accompany us on the flight over. Chris was in tears as she recounted to me how gentle Annie was with our son during some testing as he gets disappointed with himself at not doing some of the tasks well. She felt "The Rocky" and Mrs. Rocky should be so proud of their daughter!
Worthy of praise is that Daniels right leg has not buckled even a little in at least 2 days and as the big guy was walking back to his room nurse Ellen, who hadn't seen him for 4 or 5 days, was so excited when she realized who he was. It's good to see how he can be encouraging to others and I am sure there is a need for it.
When I asked Daniel what he wanted prayer for he said for the double vision he is experiencing. He also said to thank everyone for "saving his life" because he knows how many prayers were being said on his behalf. Chris is falling asleep in his wheelchair and since there will be no IV's tonight, perhaps they can sleep through most of the night!
Peter said, "We must grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. All glory to Him, both now and forever! Amen."...Amen... God bless you all! Your love and support is not taken for granted, Craig and Chris

Thursday Morning

2008-08-28T09:35:00.000-07:00

I would like to take advantage now of all who have witnessed with us Gods hand working in Daniels life, those who have been encouraged in their faith and pray now for Emily Spencer, she was hit by a car last night and suffered injuries to her body and to her head. The family is now in the "waiting" stage while she is in ICU, but again while we wait on God we can be expecting Him to move, we can all ask for His healing power to move over her and come together as the body of Christ to stand united in prayer for this young women. Matt 11:22...have faith in God

Wednesday Morning

2008-08-27T11:41:00.000-07:00

Daniel continues to improve, yesterday he stayed awake for the longest stretch yet as he now begins to orient himself to a more normal internal clock than the one he was on...Chris has been looking forward to this! They had a pretty good night following enough visitors throughout the day to make him a little tired and with his inhibitions down somewhat he will tell you so while you are standing there. I have to say the highlight for him was when his "old" friend Levi came by with Arron and his Serena (sp?), Levi told him it was supposed to be his turn for the teaching next and Daniel rolled his eyes and said "sure" meaning -not- later he commented he was excited to have seen them. We ended the evening with crossfit legends Jeri and Cliff who are daniels inspiration for competition, thank God he was in that to help him through this time. Our goal is to get the big guy ready by Friday to go to Oahu to start his rehab, will give more details on this in time. Chris and I continue to be humbled by the huge outpouring of support and prayer which we will unashamedly receive! Being on the receiving end, I have learned once and for all that no matter how distant I have felt from a person or situation I am praying for, the connection that God gives us makes it like you're right by their side, so to those in Alaska, California, Arizona, Scottland and South Africa, (oh yeah, and on Maui)....God Bless! We know you're there, we see the results right before our eyes!

Tuesday Morning August 26

2008-08-26T10:16:00.000-07:00

We have said goodbye to the wonderful nurses and staff in ICU and moved to the 5th floor, Haleakala East, room 21. The head nurse has allowed Chris to spend the nights so we are thankful for that but now with less help and Daniel being more active (praise God) her work is cut out for her especially when he wants to try to get out of bed or even hang his feet over the sides. I would say our prayer is still for God to bring Daniel to recovery in His time, that he would not grow too frustrated with that process and for us to formulate with the Doctors a plan and a pace that is appropriate for the big guy. Though Daniel is back from his long "sleep" he is still understandably groggy so we remain grateful for every prayer that lifts him up!

Monday noon update

2008-08-25T15:36:00.000-07:00

Daniel is now being moved to Room 21 in Haleakala East on the 5th Floor. Praying and visiting will be located at the old lobby sitting area between 6:30-8pm daily. Daniel will be starting therapy and is not experiencing any pain. Praise God!

Sunday Afternoon at MMH

2008-08-24T15:51:00.000-07:00

Thank you Caitlin for picking a couple pictures from Daniels B-Day Party. Obviously communicating through the blog is not a strength for us but because of the overwhelming love and support we have felt through prayer, calls and visits, Chris and I want to take this opportunity to thank as many of you as possible...Thank you so much...you all have carried us through this time. Matthew 7 indicates that God wants us to talk to him about our concerns alot. 'Keep on asking and you will receive, keep on seeking and you will find, keep on knocking and the door will be opened." We've really sensed some door bashing going on since last Friday afternoon! Daniel is resting easily right now but I fully expect him to take more steps forward during his next "alert phase" Hard to describe how I felt when I got here for the "day shift", walked into his room to have him open his arms half way to give me a hug, it was another great moment. A while ago they brought him his first real "meal" consisting of mashed potato's and chicken (kinda minced) plus he ate all of the jello, but passed on the broccoli, no big change there. I just asked him to give me the shaka sign-he did. That's about all for now, his care team is great, God's grace is sufficient, love you all..the maucks

Sunday Morning Update (From Mauck Family)

2008-08-24T14:05:00.000-07:00

As of this morning Daniel is more alert at times and he has also spoken a few words. At about 11:30 he was able to drink a little milk and eat a graham cracker. Thanks for keeping him in your prays, please continue to pray for his full recovery.

Mahalo,

The Mauck Family

*As of Monday morning Chris will not be in the waiting from 6:30-8:30, but we will continue to be there in the evening.

Friday Update and Also Pray For Michelle

2008-08-23T08:42:00.000-07:00

Daniel has opened his eyes Praise the Lord. He is not fully awake yet but this is a great sign. They will try and remove his breathing tube later today. The MRI results came back and there was slight shearing along the brain stem. They won't know what effect that will have if any for a while.

Prayer Request:

That Daniel will fully wake up
For his fever to go down

Pray for Michelle:

As many of you know one of our Family's, the Lorens, took their youngest daughter Michelle who is 15 to have major scoliosis surgery on Oahu earlier this month. Surgery seemed to go well and Michelle was recovering quickly it seemed until this morning. She started getting an excruciating pain down the lower left side of her body. The pain only seems to get worse. Nancy and John have taken Michelle back to Oahu this morning.

Prayer Request

*That the doctors will have wisdom to figure out
what is causing the pain
*That Michelle will have relief from the pain.

Friday Morning Update

2008-08-22T13:05:00.001-07:00

After leaving the comment on the previous post I remembered I was given access here :) I know a lot are praying and watching this blog for news. Here's a good news:

Daniel opened his eyes. He's still sedated so he's opening and closing, but can hold his eyes open for about 20 seconds. He is holding Craig's hands. He is "waking up".

More news later - just want to let everyone know of this very encouraging news - Halleljuah!

Thursday evening update

2008-08-21T20:57:00.000-07:00

Daniel's PIC line procedure went fine. He actually needs an MRI and not a CT scan. Since Daniel has braces they need to remove them first in order to get a clear picture, so the MRI was pushed back until tomorrow morning.

Prayer Requests:

That the MRI scan will show no signs of permanent damage to Daniel's brain
For his fever to go down

Thursday noon update

2008-08-21T17:30:00.000-07:00

The doctors want to take Daniel's orthodontics off his teeth before the MRI. So they are going to postpone the MRI until tomorrow morning. Tonight, a doctor will come and remove the braces from his mouth. Then tomorrow the same MRI procedure (checking the brain stem) will be performed. So please be in prayer for this process.

Thursday morning update

2008-08-21T13:38:00.000-07:00

Daniel will be having another CT scan this morning. The main concern is that there will be no signs of shearing, which is essentially the sliding of brain tissue. Daniel will be having a procedure this morning where they'll be inserting a PIC line into him.

Prayer Requests:

That the CT scan will show no signs of shearing
There will be no complications during the PIC line procedure
For Daniel's fever to go down

Tuesday afternoon update

2008-08-19T17:00:00.000-07:00

The doctors still have not been able to identify and locate the source of Daniel's infection. This is their primary concern at the moment. The Maucks covet your prayers at this time. Please pray that God will give the doctors wisdom to locate the infection and take care of it.

We've had a few questions about clarifying visiting hours. The family ask that if you'd like to visit them that you come between 6:30-8:30am and 6:30-8:00pm. These are the best times for the Mauck family; otherwise you're pulling them away from their time with Daniel.

If you would like to help the Mauck family by providing meals for them while they're at the hospital, please call Jori Spencer at 298-9009.