We stayed until midnight last night to help the nurse with Jared. It' s pretty emotional to watch your baby hurting and afraid. But, we finally got him calmed and back to sleep.
Lee had to leave when they began to suction out his throat, it was pretty hard for him to watch. I had to deal with that earlier in the day, because the nurse needed help immediately and I was the only one around. So I had to be brave and dive in to help!
Busy, busy morning. Jared is awake and very calm. He couldn't squeeze his right hand last night, but just as I was leaving I touched his hand and he started to squeeze a liitle with is thumb. He still isn't looking around. We had to leave while they run a special test to see if he is getting enough food, calories etc...
They are going to be removing "the bolt" from his head in a little while. A surgeon will come in and unscrew it and put a stitch in the top of his head. The bolt is a large wire that is screwed into the top of his head to monitor his cranial pressure, it's like a relief valve for those that are mechanical enough to understand the lingo.
Jared's blood pressure is still low so he is still on the meds to maintain it, but the others are being turned off. He is also beginning to be weaned off of the ventilator, meaning for 20 breaths he is taking 10 on his own.
A rehabilitation therapist met with us and said she saw Jared last Thursday and was surprised at how well he is doing today, actually she said 'very surprised'.
WOW! You sure have a lot of positives going in your situation! Its got to be hard to watch him get scared. I think Lee will win the biggest loser contest at work after the stress of this situation. Praying for your family everyday!
ReplyDeleteI had a melt down myself tda about noon--Cynthia is on day 12 of a migraine. No one in Tooele can help her-they say "see your neurologist". Well he's out of town until the 24th and the partners don't see each other's patients, so I was freaking for an hour or so. finally reminded myself of what you are dealing with and decided I needed to buck up and deal with mine.
ReplyDeleteSo glad to hear Jared's successes. I could hardly read your account of the injury day, tears kept getting in the way. Thank you for sharing that with all of us.
Altho Jared seems to be doing well, prayers and thoughts are continuing and will, until you tell us he's ok and doesn't need them anymore. Then we'll just pray "thanks" for awhile. Love to you all, Marcia
"Very good" is...well, very good news!
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