Tuesday (Day 36)

Ok, so...where was I?

Last night was the first I had seen him since Friday morning. Despite the news of the weekend, he looks great. Friday morning my mom and I found him in a sweat, robe pulled almost all the way off, sheets gone, and contorted in such a way that he could not be comfortable. I was shocked that the nurses could walk by this and not do anything about it. My Mom got a cold towel and wiped his head down to cool him off, as I sought out his nurse to ask what was going on. She said they took his temp and he was just fine, and had been moving him every two hours as scheduled, but he is getting more and more mobile in his bed, and hard to keep still. I am hardly complaining about this, but I worry he may try to get out of bed and hurt himself.

The nurses came in and gave him a fresh robe, and turned him once more. My mom then took me to the airport. I called on Sunday to check in and apparently this sweating was a sign of infection. They took a chest x-ray and found no sign of liquid in his lungs, so that is good. His urine and blood test are yet to come back.

I found him last night sitting up right, practicing what he has learned through PT. Unfortunately, the PT's give him such a workout, that by the time the Speech Therapist comes...he is dead tired and out cold. Great timing, right? One would think a Speech Therapist would come before a Physical Therapist, but what do I know?

Still very little movement on the left side, but very agile on the right. His hair is now thicker than my own. He loves it when I scratch his head for him. He hasn't improved very much on speech, though when I asked him if he remembers where I was all weekend, he whispered,
"California". Not the clearest, mind you, but enough to understand him.

My mom says he was able to sit upright in his wheelchair w/out assistance, and Brad tells me it only took 3 nurses to assist him standing, compared to the 4 it took the first attempt.

Thank you to all of you that continue to send us your stories of encouragement and support. I got home last night to see almost 1800 hits on the website. Amazing.