This morning at 8am, Michael was officially laid off from my job with Sogeti USA (Houston office). To say it was a shock would be a lie, things just weren’t going well where I was involved (lack of billing, hard to place, etc) and I saw the writing on the wall long before this proverbial axe came down. I hold no ill will towards them, and this lay off had nothing to do with me personally.
So tomorrow Michael begin the hunt for the ever elusive animal known as “employment” and in these troubled times the animal might prove truely elusive. Time will tell though. The good news is, that after the layoff I sent my resume out to some people internally and out to some social networks via a link (Michael Koby’s Resume in PDF), and this has already beared some fruit. Hopefully that “fruit” will grow into interviews and eventually (and hopefully sooner rather than later) offers for employment.
Again, you cam find Michael’s resume at the link below. Please feel free to download it, review it, and pass it around. Especially if you live in the Houston area.
Michael Koby’s Resume (PDF file)
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For those that don’t already know, Conner came home 2 weeks ago today. We have since had 2 follow up appointments at Texas Children’s Hospital for
- Hematology and
- Audiology
Conner also starts physical therapy today due to his lack of head movement and not liking “tummy time.”
The results of the follow up appointments were that the doctors are pretty sure he doesn’t have Aplastic Anemia (they couldn’t say for absolute certain because the piece of bone they pulled during his bone marrow biopsy wasn’t a good enough sample). Conner will also have to have routine blood draws so that they can watch and chart his blood cell counts to see what they are like when he is well. The answers from these blood draws will help the hematologists determine what (if anything) he might have and help them better diagnose for treatments.
With regards to audiology, Conner is hard of hearing. He has what is known as “Minor Sensorineural Hearing Loss” which means he’s not deaf but he doesn’t hear things quite as loud. End result, he’ll need to wear hearing aids in both ears and it will make it difficult for him to learn how to talk (not impossible, just difficult).
We would like to thank everyone that prayed for Conner and us while Conner was in the hospital. It was comforting to know that we were being prayed for and thought about by some of our closest friends and family. I (Michael) would like personally thank everyone I know via social networks like Twitter (and might have never physically met), you people are awesome and deserve only the best in life.
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