Tuesday 27 July, 2010

You Thought I Was MIA Didn't You!

The other day we took David's brother, JJ, and his family to the Smithsonian and when we came out it looked like it had been raining quite hard. We found out, as you may have heard on the news, that there were winds up to 80 mph and trees were down, people were killed, houses and cars were destroyed and we missed it all, except we had to swerve past a few trees on the way back to the hospital. Needless to say, there is no computer service in our room at the Naval Lodge and that is why I haven't made any new posts to this blog. I'm Really Sorry.

Yesterday was a great day. JJ was able to go to Physical Therapy with David and saw how hard these guys work. Now that there is no X-fix on his pelvis, David was able to turn on to his stomach three or four times. While he was lying on his stomach his threapist, Adelle, asked him which part of him was being stretched - David told her that nothing was being stretched and that it felt so good that she should just leave him alone for awhile. He absolutely loved the feeling of comfortably being on his stomach.

During dressing yesterday, they were trying to determine if they could put the shrinkers on his legs and, unfortunately, they can't just yet. He still has several open areas on his legs. I'm guessing that they will be able to put on the shrinkers within the next week or so.

Lynnette is behind me right now. She is talking to some of the caregivers that have helped us through this whole ordeal. She is talking about the different stages of David's recooperation and she expresses it as though David, in ICU, was like her little boy again - he even slept in the same position he did as a child, when on the 5th floor, he was like her toddler and rediscovering everything, and now he is a bit like her adolescent - that's the hard part because he's acting a little like mom is really that needed right now. It's not bad, it's just today's reality and it's OK.

David and his friend Carlos Evan, in therapy, sat back to back and passed a weighted ball over their heads to each other and to their left and their right and it was great to see. I can really see these two working with each other to push each other to greater achievements each day. They are both very good to and for each other.

David spend the evening with the mother of a Marine who lost his life a couple years ago. It was really wonderful for him and for David. We are all learning so much.

I'll check the computer when I get back to the room to see if there is anything I more I can tell you about the day.

See You Later,

Gordon