Heroes for Harris T-shirts

Hello all,
Once again, John's coworkers have outdone themselves! Here is the t-shirt design and link for the order form:

T-Shirt Order Form

For those of you who live out of town or might not be a able to get to the softball tournament but would like to purchase a t-shirt, just print off the order form and send along with your selections and check to:

Melanie Moynahan
10415 Red Slate Lane,
Houston, TX 77095

If you would like the shirts mailed to you please include $4.00 per shirt and I will mail them to you.

Please make checks payable to:
Spring Branch Health Fitness Teachers Association

The tournament will be held on October 16, 2010 at several baseball fields in the Spring Branch area and I will post that information as it becomes available. Also, I will be updating information on raffle tickets soon. Please email me with any questions and I will get back to you as soon as possible!

Also, we are still forming teams so holler if you want to play. To enter a team, the cost is $150 or if you want to play but don't have a team, please email me and we will try to match you up.

TEAMS FORMING NOW!!

John helped start the softball tournament for the SBHFTA but they have renamed it as "Heroes For Harris” in honor of John “Coach.” The Spring Branch Health and Fitness Teachers Association is wanting to use this tournament to fund raise for John once again and soon I will have details about t-shirt sales and raffle ticket purchase information. We cannot express how much we appreciate them doing this for John once again. Their kindness and generosity and love for John is amazing and we are so grateful.

We need more teams for this tournament. Teams consist of 5 gals and 5 guys and last year this tournament was a total blast! Also, I am entering the Melonballers once again and need some guys for my team so if you are a single or looking for a team, email me and we will try to hook you up. There is a team entry fee which will be decided once the brackets are completed.
If you have a softball team you want to enter into this years tournament please email me at:
melanie.moynahan@gmail.com

SAVE THE DATE-OCTOBER 16, 2010

Hello Everyone. It's hard to believe it's been a year but on October 16, 2010, John's school district will once again be holding a softball tournament and raffle. Please let me know if you are interested in participating and stay tuned for details! There will also be a new t-shirt this year to honor John and keep us looking sharp on the ball field and beyond. I will post details here as I receive them.

September 2010

A few weeks ago, John was moved to an intermediate facility. As always, we were very apprehensive about the move because each time John is moved it takes a bit for him to become acclimated to his surroundings and it's hard for us to see him struggle. The level of rehabilitation TIRR provides is meant to be short-term and while we knew that another move was inevitable we were just hoping that it would be a good one.

Throughout John's illness, we have been inspired and amazed that at each turn, we end up in great places with great staff and people who truly want to help John and this move has proven to be exactly the same. We are blessed once again with a beautiful and much smaller facility where John receives excellent care and is surrounded by staff who truly show an interest in helping him get better. This is also a short-term stay and soon we will begin the arduous task of looking at and deciding on long-term care for John. He still has good days and bad days and endears himself to all of those around him. Although at times it is hard for him to verbalize his feelings, his energy remains positive and his attitude is good. We feel as though this move has been a breath of fresh air and it is always good to have new professionals evaluating John for anything the previous facilities might have missed.

His newest physician mentioned to me that once you've treated one brain injured patient you've treated one brain injured patient. I found this statement truly profound in it's simplicity. Although each patient may exhibit certain characteristics specific for brain injury diagnosis, the paths leading them to the injury, type of injury etc. are all so different that it would be impossible to treat them the same. It is also true that being able to predict what might happen in the future is impossible because of the same reasons. We remain hopeful and so grateful that each of you have shown such an interest in, and love for John and his family.