I assume after this update on Joseph, I will return to my regular blogging (whatever that is) He came home this afternoon. He will have some recovery time, but all in all is doing well considering what he went through the past week. Recap … Saturday January 16, 2010 around…
Yippee!!! If Joesph’s temperature stays down, he can come home tomorrow! All his tubes and lines have been removed. He’s on an oral pain killer and after he took that, he said he only has a little bit of pain. He’s eating and walking – he walks slowly and carefully,…
Joseph will be moving out of ICU today – praise God! He’s eating jello now … which is tough for him because he doesn’t even like jello on a good day. The nurse informed him he has to eat all of it before he gets anything else – so he…
Joseph is more alert and less confused today. He is still on a morphine drip, but it doesn’t seem to be affecting his mind as much. He remembers his fall … telling us that it was just a normal back flip (something he’s been doing for 3 years) and he…
Surgery went great this morning. He was back in his room by 10AM – and I’ve been busy ever since … helping him become human again (his words) Nikki and I have been trying to decipher how his ship crashed and what the little men at his feet and the…
Last week I posted a question and wrote “I plan to post a question every week. Sometimes the question will have more depth than others – depends what stirs my curiosity at the time.” This is an another question post. Most people that believe in God give him credit for…
I’m having a day of rest at home today. Jerry is with Joe. He called with a report after the doctors came by on rounds. Joe continues to be sedated and on the breathing machine, but he is stable and progressing … slowly, but surely. Still has a fever and…
Doctors were very encouraged with his progress … they say he’s doing well considering the severe injury he had. He will recover and be fine! Thanks Dr. S and Dr J – I needed to hear that!! During surgery yesterday a type of wound-vac called the Whittman Patch (don’t google…
Tonight … is hard. I was hoping he would be awake more today, but his temperature rose around noon again. His white cell count hasn’t changed, so they don’t think he has an infection, but they are doing blood and urine cultures to check. They are using ice and Tylenol…
Joe’s surgery this morning was delayed … just spoke with the doc 30 minutes ago, then went to see Joe. The surgery report is a mixture of good and bad news. Doctor said everything in his abdomen looks good and is healing well – but swelling is still too much…
Today has been a calm day for Joe – no major procedures or things happening. The docs wanted his body to have time to catch up on all that its been through. His vital signs have stayed stable. He’s had a temp around 103 most of the day and we’re…
Jerry and I were in with Joe when the doctors came to do rounds aroung 9AM. They are happy with his progress. Heart rate and temp up slightly, but vitals are stable. Protrusion from incision is still the same – it’s covered with gauze but still disgusting. (can you tell…
My 19 yr old son Joseph fell while doing a flip on his snowboard around 12:30 on Saturday. His friend Eric said he had a hard time catching his breathe. He throw up the lunch he had just eaten, but then got up and snowboarded the rest of the way…