5/20/10 - Day 17 - PM Post

Hi Everyone,

So I've decided to write the blog from the hospital while Steven is sleeping. This way, hopefully, I can copy and paste it to the website when I get home. Its all about being efficient these days.

Steven was wide awake and ready to rumble when I got here today. He was calm at first. Not as interactive as yesterday. The TV is on today and I think he was more interested in the TV than his visitors. That's ok. I was happy to see he was interested!!

After he was bored with the TV, he wanted out of the bed again. I nearly had to lift him and move him back into bed. Its amazing what you can do when you HAVE to. He's heavy! After that struggle, he then decided he wanted the mitts off again. During this struggle, he learned a new word..."Get these f#*?!*# things off". Yep..said it more than once too. The problem was, Katie and I started laughing, and we couldn't stop. We didn't want him to see us laughing because he was really mad at this point...and I was so afraid of making it worse. But it was great to laugh

That's when Ann, his nurse, helped us out with some medication. Now he's just chillin...kinda like he's king of the world. Arm above his head...legs crossed. Looks like he should be sitting in a lounge chair on a beach somewhere :) I hope that is exactly where he is in his dreams.

He had lots of visitors today...He told cousin Jenny he loved her. This is the nice time. We do get some time with good interaction...without him being a crazy man.

I told him he looks good and he said..."I feel good". Not sure whether he meant it or not, but that's ok! I loved it <3

As the afternoon went on, we tried to hold off on the medication for as long as we could. Only until we couldn't control him anymore. He used his "new word" a few more times through out the day, but all in all, it was a great day.

The Rehab Dr. gave me a website to look at regarding TBI (Traumatic Brain Injuries) if anyone wants to look at more info about his condition.

http://www.waiting.com/rancholosamigos.html

And one last thing....We just want to thank all of our friends and family for all of the awesome dinners we have received over the last few weeks...I will never be able to fully express how helpful this has been for us.

PS..I put all of your dishes in the bin, if you have time to come pick them up. If not, I will get them back to you as soon as I can.

Thanks again for the prayers...love you all <3