Daniel Finally Comes Home

On December 31st Daniel had a stroke. He has been in and out of the hospital and rehab centers. Well, on January 24th Daniel finally came home. He has been doing very well at home. He is so happy to be home now! He is walking around the house without his walker. He is trying to use his left arm as much as he can. He has even done the laundry! Daniel has a long road ahead. But with the nurses, physical therapist and his care giver, Jared, Daniel is on the road to recovery.

Thank you for all your prayers. And thank you for all your help to make Daniel's fundraiser such a sucess. The Medrano Family raised over $4,000. This will help Daniel with his medications and help him with any changes that he has to make at the house to make his life easier. Again, thanks.

A special thanks goes out to Bug and JoAnn for getting this all organized for Daniel. Thanks for all your help on this plate sale. Thanks Terry, Mike, and Sokey. Without you all the day would not have been completed. Also, thank you to the nieces and nephews for all their help. Thank you cousin Irma for all your help all day long. Richard and Big Mike, thanks. Thank you to all the people who donated items for day - Irma, Ted, Chon, Mari, Rudy, Irene, Tia Minnie and Sophie & Joe. Thank you to Robert Salinas for donating all the pic nic packs. And thank you to all those who delivered plates for us. A special long distance thank you to Paul and Yolanda Orozco for contacting Bill Millers and having them donate the plates. We could not have done this without all of your help.

If you did not get a chance to stop by sorry we missed you. It was great seeing Daniel visit with everyone who stopped by. Daniel had a chance to reunite with "old" high school classmates! He also had a chance to meet with some of his co-workers from the city and from Wesley. It was great to see his face light up when he would see someone that he has not seen for a while. Thanks for stopping by.

Daniel commits to play football at Mary Hardin Baylor

Daniel joins "The Cru"

On Wednesday, February 4, 2009 Daniel committed to play football at Mary Hardin Baylor in Belton, Texas (located between Austin and Waco). Just close enough for mom to go and visit! And we hope that Dad will recover so he can go see him play too! And let's not forget about Jesse, he would love to see him play - but I think he really wants to check out the baseball team! Maybe they both can play baseball together for the Cru!

Daniel, Lisa and Paul went to MHB to visit on January 30th and 31st. They all came back excited. They loved the campus, they loved the coaches and loved the football program they have. They told Daniel they are looking to put him as a full back. WOW! The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor finished the 2008 season ranked #3 in the nation in both major Top 25 Polls. The Cru was ranked 3rd nationally by both the American Football Coaches Association and D3football.com. The #3 national ranking matches last season's final ranking as the second-highest end-of-season ranking in the 11-year history of UMHB football. The Cru was ranked 2nd in the country in the final polls of the 2004 season after falling to Linfield College 28-21 in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl.

We look forward to seeing Daniel play football for The Cru!

To check out the video, click on the first video and see DJ signing the next four years of his life. (I don't know what the other two videos are - so don't click those)

Mijo, we are so proud of you!