Who is Mike Carter?

Mike is a father of five, a friend to many, a respected co-worker and supervisor, and a husband.

A Quick Overview...

On January 5, 2008, around 7:00 p.m., Mike Carter was broad-sided by a tractor-trailer truck just outside of Logansport, Louisiana. He sufferered extensive head trauma and numerous broken bones. He remains in a coma in the SICU at LSU Medical Center in Shreveport.

Mike is the father of five children ranging in age from 4 to 20. He is a husband, father, and supervisor for AEP/Swepco in Shreveport.

His wife Ericka is incurring the additional cost for parking, hospital meals, and gas to be by Mike’s side. Not to mention, additional out of pocket medical expenses in the future.

A future which is as of yet, unknown.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Weekly Update

Mike had an echo done this week. Ericka and the kids are going down this weekend to visit so we will put a current update up on Monday or Tuesday. Please pray for their safety as they go visit Mike.
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Friday, April 18, 2008

Update

Surgery today to lengthen tendons in ankles so that Mike can flatten his feet. This is a good thing and will help with standing and walking when the time comes. OT, PT and speech twice a day six days a week. Halo is off. He is keeping his eyes open more. Trach weaning has begun and hope to have trach out by middle of may.

We encourage visitors on the weekends. Visitation is from 12:30 to 8PM on Saturday and 10:30 to 6PM on Sunday. If you would like to stay the night you may call Touro and ask for Security to reserve a room. The rooms are $15 a night. If you plan to go visit please call Ericka so that we don't have multiple people visiting at one time.

Please continue to Pray for Mike!
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Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Adjusting to Touro

Just wanted to let everyone know that Mike is getting settled in at Touro. They get him up everyday at 7:00am and get him dressed and ready for the day. He is treated like someone that is functioning normally. They do extensive therapy with him everyday. Ericka spoke with his nurses on Saturday to see how he was doing. They said that he had already started therapy and was showing more movement than he had up here at Lifecare.

He is still in a coma.
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Thursday, April 3, 2008

Thursday April 3rd

Mike will be leaving by ambulance for Touro Rehabilitation Center tomorrow morning. This will begin the next phase for Mike. Ericka will be following him down there to make sure he is settled.

He is still in a coma but shows signs of emotion and does quite a bit of moving.
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