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Post by celticbear on May 13, 2014 22:15:52 GMT -5
Wonderful update! Loved Dan's reaction to the whole singing therapy! Glad the Doctor did not loose his temper! Very happy that despite her reservations Sharon has allowed the singing to continue and that she came up with using the recordings to give the lads a break!
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Post by barbt on May 17, 2014 21:32:53 GMT -5
Sharon insisted they try the recordings as soon as possible, and brought in a copy of "Heritage" that she happened to have with her. A portable CD player was borrowed and put in Ryan's room during the afternoon shift, when George and Mr. Kelly were there. Sharon wasn't allowed in the room, but they did let her stand at the doorway. It was the first she'd seen Ryan, and she was shocked at how bad he looked. She hadn't been able to visualize what the boys were describing and make it fit with her memories of Ryan. Things were fine through "The Dutchman" and "Buachaill on Eirne", although Ryan didn't seem quite as relaxed as he was with the live singing, but as soon as Ryan's own voice filled the room in "Black is the Color", Ryan's heart rate went wild again and he stiffened up so badly he popped a strap off his splints. Mr. Kelly hit the stop button, George immediately started singing, and they watched Ryan's heart rate drop and his limbs relax as the soothing baritone flowed through the room. Sharon had gone very pale. "Is that what he was doing before Keith started singing?" she asked shakily. "Yes," Mr. Kelly confirmed. "He's done it a few times since when George needed to stop singing for a moment or two, but not that badly." "I wonder why he was OK with Keith and Damian's voices, but not his own," Sharon said. George was pretty sure he knew the answer, but he wasn't about to stop singing to say anything until he had a substitute. He went over to the player and hit skip to move to the next song, which he knew was Paul's. He'd have to convince them before the next song came on, since it was an ensemble piece. Nonetheless, he waited through the first few lines to make sure Ryan was going to be OK. Then he said quietly, "It's his OWN voice. If he has any kind of awareness of what's happened to him, he's got to be terrified that he'll never be able to sing again, to perform again. Performing's his life. Hearing us singing to him means he still has that link with us, he hasn't lost us. Hearing himself is hearing something he's afraid to lose." Mr. Kelly looked at him and at Sharon. "I think he's probably right," he said. "In any case, I'm not letting this experiment continue any longer." Nadine spoke up from behind Sharon, startling her. She'd come over to check on Ryan when the monitors at the nurse's station had shown Ryan's reaction to his own voice. "I won't permit it, either. Those episodes are extremely bad for him." Sharon turned to her, ignoring George shutting off the CD player and starting to sing again quietly. "No, I couldn't bear to put him through that again in any case. But I have to think about my singers, too, especially with performances coming up in a few weeks. I can't risk them straining their voices. And what happens when we have to leave for Atlantic City?" George had to speak up again, and started the CD again from the beginning, knowing he had two safe songs before he had to take over again. "Sharon, we're not singing at performance level. We rehearse at higher level than this for a lot longer than 6 hours at a time." "Yes, but none of you is singing continuously for 6 hours in rehearsals, either." "Ask David what he thinks. He's the musical director, he'll know if it will hurt us. And we've got recording programs on our laptops. Get some memory sticks, and we'll start recording one or two songs a day when we're done here, and by the time we have to leave there should be enough music to keep things going when we can't do it any longer. We can start phasing the recordings in a few days before we leave." He turned off the CD player and started singing again. Sharon grumbled about that meaning more singing, but she knew it was the only option she would get the boys to agree to, as none of them were willing to risk Ryan's safety for any more "experiments". She hoped David Munro would agree with George. Sometimes she hated having to be the boss and think about things this way; given her choice, she'd cancel the AC shows and keep everybody here until they knew Ryan was going to get better, but it truly wasn't an option.
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Post by HburgEagle44 on May 17, 2014 22:22:45 GMT -5
Ooh... tense. But a good update. If I were in Ryan's shoes, I wouldn't want to hear myself sing, either. Beautiful update, as always.
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Post by celticbear on May 17, 2014 22:37:32 GMT -5
I agree with Jen, it was intense, Let's just hope David Munro agrees with George's solution!
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Post by barbt on May 20, 2014 21:58:15 GMT -5
Fortunately, David Munro did agree with George's assessment that the level of singing they were doing in Ryan's room wouldn't hurt them. He also pointed out to Sharon that emotional stress could do more damage to the boys' voices than hours of quiet singing would, and advised her to let them do what they needed to do for themselves and for Ryan. Over the next two weeks, Ryan made astonishing progress in his recovery. The tightness in his limbs decreased and finally vanished, making the splints unnecessary. A repeat brain scan, done with some of the boys' recordings playing through Ryan's Ipod, showed that the swelling in his brain was decreasing and the shift of his brain to the left that had been caused by the blood clot was correcting itself. Dr. Reilly had the respiratory staff begin weaning Ryan off the ventilator, at first having him breathe on his own for a few minutes, and then for increasingly longer periods, until after the end of the two weeks, he no longer needed it at all, although they kept him on oxygen to help keep the oxygen levels in his blood higher to help with the brain healing. Although no one in the Celtic Thunder family had breathed a word about Ryan's injury, somehow the fans had figured out that something drastic had happened to him, and were sending prayers and good wishes around the clock, organizing prayer groups and masses. Somehow they even found out about a special Mass that was held at Ryan's church in the Moy and masses all over the world were timed to coincide with it. Realizing that the fans were worrying, but supporting Ryan in the best way they could, Mr. and Mrs. Kelly finally agreed to let some information be released - only that Ryan had had a serious accident and was in the hospital, but was now recovering. This also freed Sharon to introduce Colm to the fans prior to the AC shows. Colm was astonished at the wave of support that immediately came his way, which he certainly needed as he was still trying to get visas sorted to fly to the States, and it was starting to look like he'd be lucky to get there before the first show. Meanwhile, as Ryan improved, the natural good humor of the rest of the boys began to return. Each improvement allowed them to relax a little more. They had too much sense to prank each other in the ICU, but small pranks were starting to happen at the hotel, giving everyone some much needed laughs. The ICU staff had become used to their presence and to the music in Ryan's room, but new staff were still surprised by the situation. One evening Fiona was orienting a new nurse, Shauna, who would be working the night shift that night. As she was explaining procedures, she noticed that Shauna kept glancing towards Ryan's room as if something was distracting her. Fiona stopped talking for a minute and listened, realizing that Neil was singing - she had gotten so used to the sound that she almost didn't notice it unless it stopped. Shauna blushed, thinking that Fiona had caught her not paying attention. "I'm sorry," she said, embarrassed. "It's that recording coming from the second room, there. Do you know who it is?" Fiona laughed. "That's no recording," she said. "We've gotten so used to it that it's part of the normal sounds for us. That's Ryan's brother, Neil, singing to him. His brothers have been singing to him for 2 weeks straight." "Really?" Shauna said, surprised. "How many brothers does he have?" "Four that sing," Fiona said. "Ryan's a singer himself, and we found out a few weeks ago that when they sing to him, he stays calm and rests - before that he was fighting his ventilator and the meds and everything. We almost lost him one night until Keith started singing, and they've been singing non-stop ever since. Well, not quite non-stop lately since Ryan's recovering now, they can stop for a while." "Wow, now that's dedication," Shauna said, impressed. "And what an amazing voice. I don't know that I've ever heard a man sing with that range, I wasn't sure at first if it was a man's voice or a woman's voice." "I know," Fiona said. "All the boys have amazing voices, but Neil's is really special. I've heard recordings of him singing, but there's something about his voice live that doesn't get picked up on recordings. My jaw almost hit the floor the first night I heard him singing in here." She jumped as a laughing voice came from behind her. "Hey, now, love, you're going to make me jealous if you keep going on about Neil's voice like that," Keith said, coming up behind her and poking her in the back. Keith's impishness was coming out full force lately and he'd taken a particular liking to Fiona, as she was always ready to flirt back. Shauna's eyes had gotten huge. Fiona turned around and smacked him lightly on the shoulder. "Good evening yourself, Keith," she said. "Should have known you'd be up here bugging me soon, it's almost midnight. Ready to take over for Neil?" She turned back to Shauna. "This is Keith, the next singer on duty. Keith, this is Shauna, she's new, so be nice to her, OK?" Keith's eyes went wide with an exaggeratedly innocent expression. "When am I ever anything but nice?" he said, grinning. Shauna couldn't help but giggle. "Nice to meet you," he said, looking at her. "Heard you talking about Neily-boy's range there, he's not anywhere near the top of it yet. That's mid-range for him." "Oh come on," Shauna said. "I sing myself, and that's awfully high for a man." "Want to hear him go higher?" Keith asked, a mischievous gleam in his eye. "I can make him jump up a lot higher without getting anywhere near him." "You're on," Shauna said. "I don't believe you can do it." "It's easy," Keith said, "especially since he's not paying a lot of attention right now." He took a deep breath and joined in with what Neil was singing, matching him note for note, his eyes twinkling as Shauna looked at him in surprise. Neil, unconsciously responding to the new voice, spiraled up to a harmony at least an octave higher, pure and sweet, singing along for a few notes before he realized what was going on, and then coming over to the door of Ryan's room to look out and glare at Keith. Shauna and Fiona were doubled over, laughing, and everyone else in the ICU had stopped to listen. For all the fierce look on Neil's face, the same pure sweet voice kept coming out of his mouth until they reached the end of the song. "Thanks a lot, brat," he said, laughing. "You actually made Ryan smile, though." It was Keith's turn to look stunned. "Seriously?" he said. "Just for a second," Neil said. "Just when you tricked me, I swear the right side of his mouth twitched up, almost before I realized what you'd done." Neil's mood had lightened considerably over the last few days, although he was still the only one of the boys who hadn't returned to posting on Facebook or Twitter - he had been too concerned and focused on Ryan to think about anything else, so he simply hadn't posted anything for fear of letting something slip. "Now THAT was amazing," said Shauna. "Good thing I didn't actually bet you anything, Keith, I'd have lost. How did you know how to do that?" "We do stuff like that to each other all the time," Keith said, shrugging. "Even on stage. Change a harmony, switch a few words around and make the others try to catch up with us. Keeps us from getting bored." He pointed at Neil. "That guy right there is the worst, he can pull off anything with such a straight face that he has the rest of us laughing so hard we can't sing." A beeping came from Ryan's room, not the harsh alarm that had signaled the earlier episodes of skyrocketing pulse, but a more gentle sound that was a warning that his pulse rate was rising. Neil turned his head back into the room. "Oh, hush, Ryan," he said. "Keith will be in soon. Give us a minute, will you?" To everyone's surprise, the beeping stopped. "I swear he's using that to communicate," Neil said. "After everything else that's happened since you guys came in here, it wouldn't really surprise me much," said Fiona. "You watch," she said to Shauna, "These guys can even make Dr. Reilly smile when he's grumpy." "Now that is a miracle," Shauna said. The beeping started up again. "All right, Ryan! Man, if he remembers any of this when he wakes up, he is going to be soooo spoiled," Keith grumbled, but he was grinning at the same time. Tilting his head back, he sang the first few lines of Heartland, in the clear tenor call that was, Fiona privately thought, her favorite of his many voices. The beeping stopped again, and he laughed as he strolled into Ryan's room. "Hi, Mrs. Kelly," he said, giving her a hug, grinning again to see her laughing at his and Neil's antics. "Raymond should be in any minute, and then you can get some rest."
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Post by HburgEagle44 on May 20, 2014 22:38:59 GMT -5
LOVED this update. It was absolutely perfect. Love how Ryan is communicating with them and Keith's antics, man. Haha
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Post by celticbear on May 21, 2014 20:18:21 GMT -5
This was a an update that was Pure Music to my ears! I never knew till now that Keith was a Tenor. Loved Shauna"s reaction to Neil's voice! The way ryan is using that button to communicate is so like him. Glad David Munro agreed with George. And I see a romance in the early stages for Keith and Fiona! Great job barbt!
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Post by barbt on May 21, 2014 21:16:27 GMT -5
This was a an update that was Pure Music to my ears! I never knew till now that Keith was a Tenor. Loved Shauna"s reaction to Neil's voice! The way ryan is using that button to communicate is so like him. Glad David Munro agreed with George. And I see a romance in the early stages for Keith and Fiona! Great job barbt! Keith's definitely in the tenor range, although I think he may have a bit of the upper baritone range as well - I'm not sure exactly where the cut-off is between the two. I know Emmet has a full baritone range, and I'm fairly sure Colm has the upper part of baritone as well, but with the exception of Emmet, the current five are all pretty much tenors - with Neil moving well into the countertenor range with his falsetto. Countertenors are pretty rare, especially as clear as Neil does it; I've heard a few others and they sometimes sound nasal or shrill. I love that voice range. If you've ever heard of the King's Singers, years ago they had two countertenors - one who was easily as high and clear as Neil and who didn't seem to be working to hit those ranges at all, it seemed like his natural voice; and the other who was a bit more nasal and who tended to wrinkle his nose as the notes got higher :-) If you can find King's Singers videos on youtube that are from the 70s or 80s, they'd be in those - the group is still around, but I think the entire group has cycled through at least once since the last time I really saw anything they did. I know a recent video that I watched was all completely new singers rather than the ones I remember. And they're all really highly trained, as one requirement for being part of them is that you have to have been a choral scholar at King's College at Cambridge University. And CB, you know I don't write romances! Keith and Fiona are just natural flirts.
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Post by barbt on May 26, 2014 12:27:16 GMT -5
The time had come that Sharon had been dreading. She had to get the boys ready to leave for Atlantic City. She knew that they weren't going to want to, and she'd need to give them some time to get used to the idea, so she came to the hospital and called them all together for a meeting in the conference room, with permission of the ICU staff. Ryan's Ipod was left as his music source for the meeting. "You boys have done an amazing job here," she said. "I knew how close you all were, but this surprised all of us. I've heard so much from the staff here, from Ryan's family, and from other families about how fantastic you've all been. But it's time to start thinking about leaving for Atlantic City. We're due there to start rehearsals in 4 days." She had expected protests, and she got them. "Sharon, we can't leave now!" "How can you even think about making us leave!" "Ryan and his family need us!" "I'm not leaving until Ryan's awake," came a flat, determined statement from Neil. "I won't." The others, minus George who was sitting and listening quietly, joined in. "We won't either!" "We don't have a choice on this," Sharon said, "and you know it. We've a contract we have to fulfill, and fans waiting for us." Keith said hotly, "If you'd let us tell the fans what's wrong with Ryan, they wouldn't mind. They'd want us to stay here with him!" Sharon fired back just as hotly. "You know that's not my decision to make. Ryan's parents have requested that, and I won't change it without their agreement. And you WILL NOT mention it to them, understood?" She glared at all of them. "This doesn't just affect us. It affects the hotel and many other businesses in Atlantic City. If we cancel, then the fans who've planned vacations there cancel, and they all lose money. Not to mention that Colm's turned his life upside down in a matter of weeks to help people he's never met!" "I can't believe you're putting money ahead of Ryan!" Emmet yelled. "I know the fans accuse you of that, but I never thought it was true!" "Tha's ENOUGH!" George thundered. They all looked at him, shocked into silence. "You lot are behaving like spoiled kids," he said. "I'm ashamed of you, yelling like that and accusing Sharon of not caring. You know better. You know perfectly well that if she had her choice, she'd cancel everything and keep us all with Ryan until he was completely better. Having to make us leave is tearing her apart, and you just made it worse! Act like the professionals you are, will you?" He looked completely disgusted with them, and that, more than anything, turned them around. "I'm sorry," Keith said, hanging his head. "Me, too," echoed Emmet. "We know you better than that, Sharon." Even Neil gave in. "I'll go," he said. "It's just...he's finally started getting better. What if us leaving changes that? What if he gets worse again?" It was the real reason behind their resistance to leaving, and Sharon knew that. They were scared. "I know you're all scared that things will go wrong and we won't be here to help," she said gently. "I am, too, and as George said, if there was ANY way I could do it, I wouldn't LET you leave. I'd move heaven and earth to keep you here. But we don't have that choice. What we need to do is work out how best to keep supporting Ryan and his family. Get as much music recorded and downloaded into Ryan's Ipod as you can. Figure out when you can each take some time to go home and pack and see your families before you leave. Figure out the best ways to keep in touch while we're gone. And I have some medical and other news that will help." This was a surprise to all of them. "What is it?" they chorused. Sharon smiled. "First Damian will be here in 2 days, and he'll be able to stay for a few days after we have to leave. You'll all be able to see him, and he'll be here to help." That brought some sighs of relief, that they would have another brother to take over for them. "Unfortunately, Paul's not going to be able to get here at all, but he sent me some digital recordings to add to Ryan's playlist." That brought some nods and grins. "And,", she said, "Mr. Kelly told me when I arrived that Ryan has recovered enough that Dr. Reilly has ordered the staff to begin reducing the medication that is keeping him in coma, to allow him to wake up." "There were some cheers at this, and she cautioned them quickly. "It doesn't mean he'll wake up immediately, and it doesn't mean that he'll be perfectly back to normal when he does wake up. It will be a slow process, over a week until the medications are completely stopped, and it could be longer before he actually wakes up. Even if he doesn't have any permanent brain damage, it will be a while before his brain is working normally again. He'll need to be in the hospital for weeks, probably months, longer. I've asked Dr. Reilly to meet with all of us before we leave to tell us what is likely to happen while we're away, so we won't be completely in the dark."
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Post by HburgEagle44 on May 26, 2014 13:59:07 GMT -5
I wouldn't want to leave either... Rough. But a good update. As always
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Post by celticbear on May 26, 2014 19:41:39 GMT -5
I knew the lads where going to lash out at Sharon about leaving! Things got a bit heated but good old Papa George put out the fire. Glad Damian is coming and that Paul sent the recordings. Great news about the decrease in Ryan's meds so that he can start to wake up!
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Post by barbt on May 27, 2014 21:29:14 GMT -5
Sharon had been able to arrange the meeting with Dr. Reilly for the next afternoon, when everyone would have been able to get a bit of sleep and Emmet and Keith had been able to get home to pack. Ryan had done very well with the recordings the previous day, so they were used again to allow everyone, Kellys and CT family, to attend the meeting. Dr. Reilly started out by telling them that, while he'd been reluctant to have the boys in initially, it had turned out far better than he'd hoped, and that some of the staff had been asking if they could have Celtic Thunder music played in the ICU on a regular basis, as they found it helped their concentration and stress levels. That brought grins and slight blushes all around. He then got down to business. "As you know, we've started reducing Ryan's medications to allow him to wake out of the coma naturally. Now, we don't know for sure that he WILL wake up when all of the medications are out of his system, but given the responsiveness he's shown recently even on them, I'm optimistic that he will. I must tell you that even the level of awareness he's shown, of your voices and presence, is unusual at the level he is medicated to, and that gives me encouragement. I know it's been easy to read into some of his responses and believe they are voluntary, but that is unlikely at the level of medication he is at. The responses are reflexive or emotional at best rather than purposeful right now. That should change as the medications are lowered. "People refer to coming out of a coma as 'waking up', but a coma isn't completely analogous to sleeping, and the process of coming out of one isn't exactly like waking up. What we'll see first is what's referred to as a 'lightening' of his coma state - he'll become more reactive and more responsive although he won't technically be awake. We may see him turn his head towards familiar voices, begin moving on his own assuming there is no paralysis, change in facial expression with pleasant as well as uncomfortable things. We may even see the ability to respond to simple commands such as the classic 'squeeze my hand if you can hear me'. Eventually, he'll begin to open his eyes, but he may not be completely awake even then and may have limited awareness of what's going on around him. "Now, when he does wake up, you must not expect him to be completely back to normal. He'll have no memory of the accident, nor the last several weeks, and it's likely he'll have lost some memory of the time immediately before the accident, possibly several weeks before. He will not know where he is, or why he is here. You'll tell him, but he may ask you again and again, as it will be hard for him to form new memories immediately. It's possible that he may have some trouble remembering who he is, or who his family members and friends are." He saw the downcast faces at these words and smiled gently. "With luck, all these effects will be temporary, except for not remembering the accident or the last few weeks. Those memories never got a chance to be formed. Over time, either the other memories will come back or he will relearn the information he's lost. It is possible, even likely, that there might be some long-term difficulty with memory; we'll simply have to see. "The one thing you need to be aware of is that Ryan's personality is likely to be different when he first wakes up. Almost all coma patients go through a period of intense agitation when they first wake up. Some go through it in one screaming tantrum; others get stuck in it for months, but most go through several weeks where they are easily irritated and are likely to get angry and even aggressive. It's similar to how you might feel if you'd been under intense stress for a long time; the least demand will throw you over the edge into anger or rage or tears. It's not voluntary or under his control in any way; it's best just to be supportive and calm and let it pass. I understand from speaking with you all that Ryan is ordinarily a very gentle person, and over time that should return as his brain continues to heal and processes information better. "Once he's awake, we can begin to determine what, if any, permanent brain damage might have been caused. As I said, given his current unusual responsiveness, I'm optimistic that he'll make a much better recovery than I initially feared. But we are still looking at a likely time frame of months before he is close to anything resembling normal. There is always the possibility of damage to his ability to speak or understand speech. In addition to the continued healing of the brain injury, he'll need to regain the strength and muscle mass he's lost through being in bed for such a prolonged time. As soon as he is able, his physical and occupational therapies will transition to more active tasks, and other therapies may be added. It's likely he'll need some time in specialized brain injury rehabilitation as well." Dr. Reilly stopped there, knowing he'd given them a tremendous amount of information to process and adjust to. He assured them that he would be available to answer any questions, including any that arose after the other singers had left for America, and that Sharon would have his contact information. He asked, but no one had any questions at that point, they were too overwhelmed with the information they'd been given, and a bit down-hearted that things weren't quite as far along as they'd thought. Never having dealt with anyone with a brain injury before, they'd had no clue that it would cause so many issues in so many areas of Ryan's life. They had to readjust their thinking to realize that they would be helping Ryan for many more weeks. They spent most of the rest of that day and the next day talking things over.
The next day brought a welcome break in Damian's arrival. Sharon had let them all know when he was coming, so that everyone was in the waiting room and practically dogpiled him to the floor. They made so much noise that Nadine came out to see what all the ruckus was about. She was introduced to Damian as being yet another brother, but she kept looking at him in puzzlement and finally pulled Sharon aside. "Look," she said. "I know that you told me he's another 'brother', but we've got a pretty strict policy regarding minors visiting in the ICU. I honestly can't tell whether he's older than he looks or younger than he acts. How old is he?" Sharon laughed. "You don't need to worry, he's 19," she said. "Older than he looks and younger than he acts is probably the most accurate description of Damian I've ever heard, from the first day I met him when he was 13." "Thirteen?" Nadine said in surprise. "How did you meet him when he was thirteen?" Sharon smiled in remembrance. "Damian, along with Keith, Ryan, and George, was one of the original members of Celtic Thunder when we formed the group in 2007. They've been through a lot together. And yes, that's awfully young for a touring musical group, and yes, he absolutely belonged there. I've never met another young man with the voice and the stage presence he had at that age. It still boggles my mind when I remember that first show we did and how he - and all of them really, with no professional stage experience at all - just took off and flew with it. I couldn't be more proud of any of them." "Wow," Nadine said. "I can't wait to hear him sing, now! His voice is so deep anyway, it takes you off guard." "It took us all off guard," Sharon said. "His voice hadn't broken yet when we did the first show, but by the time we got round to touring it, it was breaking and seemed like it was getting deeper every day. And he kept getting taller! He started out below Keith's shoulder, and now look at him! Keeping him in clothes and adjusting his vocal parts was a constant job for several years." "I'm sure!" Nadine laughed. "Not to mention keeping him fed, I'll bet!" "Well, that's been a problem right along with all of them," Sharon said, shaking her head. "They all eat constantly when we're touring, and the amount they put away is amazing. We literally restock the tour bus daily." Nadine got her chance to hear Damian sing pretty quickly, because he wasn't about to be kept out of Ryan's room very long. He'd heard, of course, in detail from everyone, but it was still a shock to him to see Ryan so still and quiet. When he started singing, though, there was no doubt in the mind of anyone present that Ryan actually did smile at the deep rich voice rolling through the room. It was gone too quickly for anyone to get a picture of it, but they all knew it had happened.
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Post by HburgEagle44 on May 28, 2014 11:19:47 GMT -5
You have such great technical details in your stories... Very fascinating stuff. Loved Damian's arrival.
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Post by celticbear on May 28, 2014 19:38:13 GMT -5
Glad Dr. O'Reily was clear and to the point with what is about to happen from this point on. Loved Damian's arrival! Fyi in 2007 Damian was 14 going on 15. The first show was filmed at the Helix on August 7th, 2007, one month and two days letter Damian turned 15. Damian celebrated his 16th B-day in 2008 during the first U.S. Tour. Damian was born on September 9th,1992
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Post by barbt on May 29, 2014 5:44:14 GMT -5
You have such great technical details in your stories... Very fascinating stuff. Loved Damian's arrival. I'm an ambassador for getting more people to understand what brain injury means :-) Can't help it, I've been working in the physical therapy field for more than 20 years, and my very favorite subset of patients is still people with brain injuries.
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