August 29, 2026
Logan spent the last few weeks of summer working hard in a 3 hours per day day, 3 week intensive Therapy session at NAPA in Charlotte, NC. The focus was on improving core strength, posture, building stamina with his legs and "taking steps" along with using is left arm more to stimulate nerve growth after his nerve transfer surgery. These are all areas we have seen some incremental improvements so continuing to focus on expanding them. He worked tremendously hard and couldn't be more proud of his efforts. We are hopeful for some more gains as they take about 6 weeks or so to see results, but we did see some improvements pretty quickly during these sessions. Next up is Kindergarten and a bit of a pullback in therapy to allow him to adjust to going to school which he is very excited about. His next major therapy will be in October when we plan to travel back to Baltimore with another 2 week round with Kennedy Krieger Institute.
July 4, 2026
Logan completed his 3rd Intensive in Baltimore with Kennedy Krieger Institute. This time, he had an extra hour of OT resulting in 5 hours a day for 2 straight weeks of combined OT and Physical therapy, targeting the connections in his left arm after his nerve transfer surgery in April. He's done exercises he loves (including "flying") and new ones without fear or hesitation. He's worked so hard and even earned a "Superstar Trophy" at the end while even giving funny nicknames to the staff. His next planned intensive is in Charlotte In August and then he returns to Baltimore in October for another round. We also celebrated his 1 year anniversary of returning home from the hospital on June 26th. Since Logan came home he has completed:3 intensive out patient therapy clinics at Kennedy Krieger Spinal Institure in Baltimore, Md = totaling 110 hours2 intensive Therapy sessions at our local facility, NAPA, in Charlotte, NC = totaling 76 hours2 one-week intensive Therapy sessions with a separate local therapy facility for 10 hours.29 weeks of weekly therapy = totaling 174 houts1 nerve transfer surgery to hopefully bring function back to his left handWe're really proud of his hard work, dedication, and positive attitude. We know soon, as he matures, his outlook might change, but until then, we will continue to pursue all options to try to give him a chance to get back any function possible. Thanks for following along, and look for the next update in August after his next intensive (and first day of school).
May 17, 2026
Hello everyone. Logan's done really well these last few weeks taking it easy during his "immobility phase". It was a nice break for everyone since we weren't rushing to therapy and trying to squeeze in all his daily exercises. His cast was removed on Monday, May 13th and the incisions are all healing nicely. He got cleared to return it therapy, so next week we will re-start his local therapy 2x/week and then we will heading back to Baltimore on May 31st for another 2 week intensive outpatient session.Logan also has his Pre-K Graduation next week from his school, All Star Learning Center. We can't believe we will be getting him and his twin brother ready for Kindergarten soon, but we're so proud of all they've done!All here have generously donated already and we're so appreciative of that. However, we're hoping you can help spread the word to other family members or friends who would be willing to assist on our lifelong journey to better Logan. On May 29th, in honor of Hope in Action, donations will go further than ever: Help Hope Live will cover the credit card fee for all donations made at Help Hope Live.Thank you as always for the support.
April 26, 2026
Last week we traveled up to Baltimore, MD to our specialist team at John Hopkins and he underwent a 7+ hour surgery to explore the nerves in his left arm and transfer some with the hope to gain more function in his left arm and fingers. Thankfully, the surgery went as planned, zero complications with anesthesia , his respiratory abilities, or the procedure itself. They were successfully able to transfer a nerve from his forearm to the closing action of his fingers. Two other transfers were aborted - one because it simply wasn't responding/working the way they thought, but the other because it was working correctly and on it's own, just hasn't been able to get the rewiring connection yet (rotator cuff- out and upward motion)Now comes the healing, then therapy and a long waiting game - as this could take up to 12 months to see if the nerve transfer was successful. Fingers crossed, no pun intended but we are hopeful and excited to hear about the next steps. The surgeon mentioned there are other options, that aren't time sensitive, in order to get him more function in his arms.The plan is for the cast to come off in mid May and then back to Baltimore/Hopkins for specialized therapy to get a boost on recovery. Otherwise, Logan remains strong willed and continuing to show incremental improvements with some "walking motions on command" for a few steps with support with his legs which is keeping up optimistically excited for what's to come down the long road there too. This has led us to begin the process of attaining a gait trainer which would help support his upper body at home or out and about while giving his legs the ability to walk if and when we can retrain his body to do so.Look forward to the next update later in May/June for how his recovery is going so far and his next bout of Intensive therapy. Please continue to check the galleries to see photos of updates and progress. As always thank you for the support as without your help none of this would be attainable for Logan and giving him more hope in his future.
March 19, 2026
Logan completed his 2nd Kennedy Krieger Intensive outpatient therapy in Baltimore. He worked very hard every day, with a smile on his face and got to celebrate on the weekend in between with his first IMAX movie seeing Hoppers. He even got to experience a couple of quick hit snowstorms as well which was an extra bonus. We are hoping the repetitive exercises and motions continue to build some new pathways and muscle memories for him in the coming weeks and months, that we can build upon. While we are happy to be back home, Logan has taken a real liking to being there as it allows him to be upright, like taking steps, swimming in the pool and riding a bike, allowing him to feel a little bit like other kids for small periods of time. This is what these donations allow Logan to do and we are so grateful for everyone who has helped us to provide these opportunities for Logan, and give us hope for continued recovery while also giving him some real fun again. Thank you again and thank you in advance for future ones.As re-engage with his familiar "Therapy School" at NAPA which is excellent. we have some decisions to make on a possible Nerve transplant Procedure which could enable some possible hand function down the road. More to come there as we chew on that decision but will update soon.We've added a new gallery to view with some photos of this latest experience.
January 26, 2026
2026 got off to a rough start. Instead of an update after a 3 week intensive therapy for Logan, on January 6th, he ended up being rushed to the local hospital due to respiratory failure and then airlifted to Wake Forest Brenner Hospital at Wake Forest for 18 days where he was intubated and/or on oxygen for most of it. He ended up with severe pneumonia, a lung collapse and other infections which brought quite a scare to all of us. However, he has bounced back and we brought Logan back home on the 23rd with new breathing apparatus to combat Logan's challenge when breathing on his own We have been trained on how to properly use it as this is a new hurdle for Logan to assimilate into his lifestyle, specifically when sleeping for now but also for when he gets sick in the future. Since he's come back home he's as happy as his usual self, finally getting to play with some of his new games from Christmas, plus a couple of new ones for his IPAD. He even got to enjoy a chance to play in the snow a bit as well. Most of all he's just happy to be back home as "the 4 of us" again and we could not be more thrilled as well. Going forward, we will ease Logan back into his weekly therapies in February and then prepare for his next trip to Johns Hopkins in Baltimore for the first two weeks in March. We are disappointed about Logan missing this most recent intensive therapy, as these benefit him greatly, but we are just thankful we are able to get him ready for the next one. As always we are so appreciative of everyone's support and all donations here go to Logan's medical support and future therapies. We've been so lucky already and appreciate the continued love and prayers.
December 28, 2025
Hello everyone. We just wanted to thank everyone who has donated to Logan this year. It is an incredible feeling to see the amount of support from both familiar and unfamiliar names. and we are truly quite humbled. Logan has continued incremental improvement with various parts of his body. His core and upper legs show the strongest improvement so far as he is able to hold his weight a bit longer with less assistance needed than earlier this year. He is starting to voluntarily initiate movement in his legs which is a new development. A big goal for Logan in 2026 will be to get him strong enough to be able to use a gait trainer that will help maintain his body weight while giving him the ability to slowly pull his legs forward to walk. It is a challenging goal but he is motivated to get on his feet and his recent perseverance in his therapies shows that. We are hoping after a couple of "intensive therapies" both in Charlotte and at Hopkins again in Baltimore (both have shown to provide the biggest positive impact for him) in the first few months of this upcoming year, he will improve enough for us to try to get him this device.Without the major support of everyone here, these intensive therapies and new medical equipment we are pursuing next year would not be attainable and we are so grateful.We are also in the planning stages with our Help Hope Live teammates with some ideas later this year that we will keep everyone updated on as more details arise. Please also continue to follow Logan (friend request him) on Facebook at Logan's League SCI to continue to see his recovery journey.We hope everyone has had a great holiday so far and has a healthy and Happy New Year. With love, the Reese Family.
November 24, 2025
We just returned back with Logan from an incredible experience at a 2 week intensive therapy in Baltimore at Kennedy Krieger. He received therapy using innovative technology getting him up on his feet albeit not on his own but was so great to see him upright again especially with that big smile on his face. They had him on a treadmill, in a pool, an eliptical and a bike while of course singing along to Danny Go.First, he loved going to “school therapy” ( he was all smiles) where we were taught new exercises to do at home and new medical equipment to improve his mobility and strength. We truly won’t see the improvements from these therapies for awhile as his spinal cord and muscles/nerves take a long time to hopefully rewire themselves internally. Secondly, with a shock to us Logan’s diagnosis changed from Transverse Myelitis to a Spinal Cord Stroke after new tests and assessments. This correlates with the speed of his symptoms taking over his body upon paraylsis and his limited improvements thus far. However, this may bode well for his future outlook as the time frame for recovery does not have a clock like TM has. Recovery just takes longer and is a lot slower due to the injury from a stroke but we have hope. All in all this medical rehab trip was more than we had wished for and can’t wait to go back in 6 months.
