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As you know, our amazing team created TeamSward.com to be a one stop shop. We are so grateful that you all have been following along on Caring Bridge, adding your well-wishes for David, and please keep them coming because we most definitely need all of them and more in the coming months. As of this post, we're moving the posts I have been making on CaringBridge to Team Sward so everything is in one place. You will still be notified when a new post has been made and again,

There’s a Barenaked Ladies song called “Who Needs Sleep” that I listened to a lot in grad school that includes the chorus, “Who needs sleep? You’re never gonna get it. Who needs sleep? Tell me what’s that for. Who needs sleep? Be happy with what you’re getting - there’s a guy who’s been awake since the Second World War.” That might sum up David right now. While it sounds like last night went a bit better, the poor guy can’t catch a break. Yesterday, I told the trauma team th

Ya’ll (I’m practicing my Southern - scroll down to read more) continue to amaze and overwhelm us with your support for our family. The Meal Train filled up overnight and TeamSward.com is hopping (our soon to be home for these updates and much, much more). We appreciate you heading over there and also sharing it. Yesterday, David (with some pivotal, wise and wonderful input from Doug and me of course) made the decision to go to the Shepherd Center in Atlanta for his rehabil

One week ago today, David was rushed from Movement Climbing Gym in Rockville up to Baltimore Shock Trauma after a freak accident. Since that one blink of an eye when everything went wrong, everything has somehow gone right. The medic made the correct decision based on their assessment to bypass local hospitals and take him straight to Shock Trauma; we got the right surgeon and surgical team; Shock Trauma’s team of ICU, trauma, neuro, and social work are the best of the best.