The Day Life Changed

On March 29 2010 Evan was driving to work when his tire blew which pulled him to the right and caused his Explorer to roll. He was badly injured. He broke C-5 C-6 in his neck and is now parlayed from the neck down. If the UPS drive had not been behind Evan he would of not been found until morning because he rolled off the road far enough no one would of seen his Explorer. Our life for the Evan Sleight family has been changed forever and we are now learning how to take care of Evan. This blog is to show our ups and downs on our new journey.

And the journey also contiues with our family now that it has been two years almost three. We still have our ups and downs just like all families do.


Evan's Explorer

Evan's Explorer
The day life changed.

3-29-2010

3-29-2010
Evan in ICU in Utah

Student Driver

Student Driver
Evan on the bridge at Craig Hospital

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Well Evan is feeling better this week he was under the weather for a few days. He is much better now. He has started his weans from the vent back up and is now up to two hours and thirty minutes. He will be going solo for awhile I am going to be coming back to Utah for a week to pick up the kids and get a few things done before I go back. I am very grateful he is in such a great place that I know he’ll be ok while I am gone. Thank you for the love and prayers sent our way. Love to all Robyn

Wednesday, May 26, 2010




Well for Lois' sake here is her pic of me. It is not the best because I took it but now she can see I am ok too. Daddy is enjoying is little girls and they are enjoying their daddy. I will soon be home to be with the others for a few days and then back to Colorado with some of the family for more kid therapy for Evan. Evan is doing well has been sick for a few days but is starting to feel better and his bed sore is almost well he is now allowed to sit in his wheelchair for three hours twice a day which is great. He really enjoys his time up. Well thank you for all your kindness, love, and prayers. Love Evan and Robyn

Monday, May 17, 2010




Well the little girls love the fact that they can ride with daddy and can help him eat. Tresithney said she was not going to close her eyes and take a nap because she was tired. Evan is actually weaning in the picture with Tresithney if you look close you can see no tubes. He can now go 20 minutes with just O2 and 45 minutes to 1 hour on CPap. his numbers just keep getting better which means that there is a better chance of getting off the ventilator. The kids also did a Tie dyeing class with Evan yesterday which the whole family had fun. The little girls thought painting a shirt was very cool.
Thank you for all the love and prayers coming our way we are very grateful for all you are doing for us and are willing to help were you can. Love Evan and Robyn




Well the weekend was fun the kids I think had a lot of fun and so did Evan and I. It was nice to have us all together again. A BIG thanks to my dad for helping make this weekend possible we are very grateful for our family and friends. There are more pictures to come. Sariah was very happy she got to lay with her daddy.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010


Well Evan is doing well. He will be here until at lease August sometime. He is still doing well with weaning from the vent. He can now go for 15 minutes on room air. This means he is breathing on his own with no help for 15 minutes. Today Evan did a little Gardening and this is what he came out with. Now he has a few plants for his room a little more color to go with the silk flowers for Lois, Edward and family. Thank you for all the love you are sending our way we greatly appreciate it. Evan is looking forward and so am I for the kids to be with us this weekend. It is great to have family willing to bring them to us Thanks Dad (Robert Watters) Evan and I want all to know how wonderful it is to have all of you in our lives and the things your willing to do for us and our children. Sending our love Evan and Robyn

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Well I have to say your prayers are working. We were told that his diaphram was showing sings of being paralyzed and wean would not be possible at that time. He asked to be retested this week and numbers are in our favor. Evan numbers were 300 points higher that last week. He has been started weaning Evan did two yesterday for 5 mins. and today he has wean three times one with CPap which he lasted 15 mins. and two without CPap for 5 mins.
How weaning works is the repository therapist takes Evan completely off the ventilator and Evan breathes all by himself without help from the ventilator. It tires him out but he is working hard to be free of the trake. The doctor is very excited for this in fact she told him something is working done there for him to be doing so well. I also hear people asking if things have changed I can tell you as of now we are waiting for swelling to come down to really know what he will regain. This could take weeks or even months every case is different. As soon as the swelling starts to go down things will be able to communicate with the brain again and we will know the extent of the damage done. So keep the Sleights in your prayers. Thank you for all your support, prayers and love. Evan and Robyn

Saturday, May 1, 2010





Well yesterday Evan started to drive on his own. He has done really good. He is doing well and enjoys his twohours he can get up. As soon has he sore on his back is gone he'll be able to get up all the time. In his one picture is his OT Tanya is her name she is so cool. Things are great and Evan is starting to be able to do more things he is also staring to learn speaking software for the computer and so will be able to send out emails and do facebook.