Well, dad managed to get thru his first IC and actually threatened Justin before hand that he better not make any jokes or act like it was hurting or something--course Justin had the thought go through his mind but said he took it easy on him.
He said PT/OT worked his arms off--3 hours straight and he was tired but perked up a bit after lunch and even managed to make a few phone calls on his cell phone. They managed to find a 'make shift' way of him to use it for now, will need to more modifications but he's got music and phone calls. Will work on the texting!! He called his MeeMaw and she didn't believe it was him at first. After clearing his throat and getting the other noise in his room to calm down, she finally realized it was him and was so tickled to hear from him.
BP back down to 86/53 with HR 86--he was up 121/67 Tuesday but they keep telling us to expect the BP to be lower and to find a constant then he'll know if it's too high on him or too low on him. So much to learn, remember and not freak out over!
Spirits seemed better (not much "F" talk going on--Henri--that's something to be proud of (ha). Charlie Brown and I told him we were going to dress him in yellow polka dot bikini after shower in the morning and let him work out in the gym like that because of the way he behaved this morning and he said "bring it on, I will" (Charlie said he would send pictures---lol).
He was dozing, so I ducked out for a breather and told him I would go back later. Dad is trying to find some 'contraption' that PT/OT told him about that the hospital DOESN'T keep on hand. He did some research online and is looking locally. If he can't find it, we'll see about ordering it. It is something that will help him make more use of his hands and phone, writing, other stuff. OH, I forgot to mention he said he wrote two sentences yesterday and his name. He said it looked like German garble but he wrote.
He has a FULL day tomorrow so I can only imagine how tired he'll be then. Will let you guys know if anything interesting (or boring) happens, or update again in the morning.
Love you all, thanks for everything!!!
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Hi Guys, Missed you yesterday, played grandma for real, kept the babies for Michael and Tessa to do business stuff, loved every minute of it, glad to hear so many things are looking up, Give him a hug for me and know that we are still joined in agreement for his total recovery, It is so good the be able to keep upwith the progress. Love to all Lue.
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