I’ve had “life” happeing to me.  Imagine that, eh?  No worries, I’ll be good after noon today - I hope!  It’s nothing bad, just in case you’re wondering.  I’m just freaky busy.

Here is a summary from Momma about yesterday, and I’ll try to get back and update again later on today.

Tuesday night He slept very well but was awake at  3amthen slept again. They re-adjusted his medication and he got some much needed rest  and Yesterday he was ’very pleasant’. Meaning much better than before. I think the visit he got in the night last night, from a nurse who had been his nurse a few days ago…..was a gift from God.

She took time during her break in the middle of the night to stop and talk with him. She said it was a nice chat and He was so much more clear and calm. He was so polite and wrote to her.. “thank you” and “you are a good friend, thank you for talking to me”  She took her own break time to explain to him he was in the hospital and needed to leave his tubes alone. He said he was just sooo much more restful…. He told her he thought it was the drugs but she told him they were still giving him the drugs but that he was clearing on his own.

It has been really helpful and she could see such a change in him….She was so excited about it .

God bless her and thank you Jesus for sending her to Chris at this time. Another answer to prayer.

We went back again and were able to spend maybe 15 minutes with him, when the people who were going to down size his trach came in and asked us to leave again ( for another half hour)….We told Chris we would still be around. He breathed really hard and out came a definite “THANK YOU” ( They told us with the down sized trach he will be able to speak more.) It was very exciting
He also slept a lot today… we were there most of the day… but only got to see him a little.  They did some tests on his right leg to see what is happening with his muscles… The results were that his muscles in that leg seem to all be functional from the way they responded… but the test was very exhausting and he slept more after that. The nurse said he had probably had all he could take and was using all his energy to rest now.  We were happy just to sit beside him and watch him sleep.  The nurses at the station all commented on how calm he was today and even yesterday.. even though he had had scans yesterday and  x-rays  He just  was  so much more pleasant…. Until he was exhausted then he seemed to get a little irritated. But was able to sleep more.                                                                   He is scheduled for surgery tomorrow but this is not definite yet…..  We will keep you posted