{"id":42620,"date":"2016-10-07T06:11:49","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T12:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=42620"},"modified":"2018-10-02T10:33:30","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T16:33:30","slug":"an-update-on-my-daughter-shannon-and-a-possible-temporary-change-in-my-blogging-regimen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/07\/an-update-on-my-daughter-shannon-and-a-possible-temporary-change-in-my-blogging-regimen\/","title":{"rendered":"An Update On My Daughter Shannon And A Possible (temporary) Change In My Blogging Regimen"},"content":{"rendered":"

No birds today – this post is personal.<\/p>\n

Many readers will remember that my daughter Shannon was severely injured<\/a> in an accidental\u00a0fall\u00a0in her home in Florida last October and suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Her family was told by emergency room doctors that she had “zero chance of survival” but despite the odds she’s still with us and doing\u00a0very well. Her road to recovery has been a long and trying one, filled with endless\u00a0and varied types of rehabilitation largely designed to improve her issues with cognition, memory and vision.<\/p>\n

In the past 11 months her improvement in those areas\u00a0has been dramatic and just last week there was\u00a0more very good news. The injury affected Shannon’s peripheral vision which of course prevents her from driving. No one knew if\u00a0her vision\u00a0would eventually improve or not but just recently\u00a0it has and doctors now believe\u00a0she may be able to drive again at\u00a0some point. This development is\u00a0a big one – it would be for anyone but for fiercely independent\u00a0Shannon it’s huge!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Copyright Mia McPherson – Image used by permission<\/em><\/p>\n

This is\u00a0the two of us\u00a0in early 2015 when Shannon came to visit me in Utah (yes, it’s the same image I’ve posted before and I’m still wearing that magpie hat…).<\/p>\n

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Ok, what does all this have to do with my blogging schedule? Beginning today Shannon and family will be back in Utah for another visit. This will be the first extended visit I’ve had with her since I flew to Florida to be with her in the hospital almost a year ago (which she has absolutely no memory of). During their time here Shannon will be my first priority which will\u00a0surely leave less time for me for photography and blogging.<\/p>\n

You may or may not notice a change on your end. My blog posts while\u00a0she’s here\u00a0may be brief or on some days even nonexistent, I’ll just have to play\u00a0that by ear. So for subscribers\u00a0– if you don’t get that familiar\u00a0email from Feathered Photography to go along with your morning coffee don’t be concerned. There are few things I’d allow to come between me and my blogging but Shannon is definitely one of them.<\/p>\n

I can hardly wait to see her again!<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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No birds today – this post is personal.<\/p>\n

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