Saturday visit

When Justin found out that I was posting things like blood pressure and temp, he told me I was going overboard and giving way too much information, so I thought I would give the Hotlanta update--temp reached a total of 88 degrees with low humidity which actually made for a nice visit in the Secret Garden (as long as you weren't directly in the sun). Every now and again we got a cloud cover and eventually made our way to a table in the shade. I guess everyone heard the same news about how gorgeous today was expected to be.

But for those of you who think the BP and temp etc are beneficial to making you guys feel better when you know it, his BP was 110/57 with HR at 64 and temp at 98.6 By 6:30 he felt warmer so I made him pacify me with another temp check and it was 98.9--IC was low at 150 cc but they told him he needed to keep drinking plenty of fluids, at every 6 hours-his IC should be somewhat higher but nurses assured he was okay.

He's still somewhat miffed about not being able to leave the grounds but we did manage to call in for some TGIFs and everyone seemed to enjoy it (even if it was in the convenience of his room).

They have taken him off the pain meds and give him only Tylenol--he's not liking that too much but I pray soon he will be able to tolerate it. He does have some pain in his left arm which he said he feels like the muscles or tendons are tight. He still can't do as much with left arm as he can right arm. I advised he mention it to Doc on Monday and see what they think.

He and Preston had another good day of playing, you wouldn't think either recognizes the limitations the way Preston runs from him and Justin chases, or getting tickled or going for a ride in dad's chair. And Dad still has just the right tone to get his attention when he won't behave himself.

One fluke was Robyn's car trouble which dad spent 1/2 the weekend fixing. But it is now road safe and trusting enough (per dad) to make it back to the great state of Alabama. She missed her best friend's dad's wedding--regrets on that part because they are close but she's safe and sound, not stranded on the side of I85 somewhere, blessings keep on coming.

Justin said he thought once he got up here that things would drag on, but nope--time is flying by. He said it seemed like forever ago wanting his traech out now it seems like so long ago he can barely remember what a pain it was. He did mention that if he had the nurses from Dothan up here and some better pain meds--he'd be A OKAY!!! He's missing you all from Dothan....and we've put the "Cast and Crew" shirt up on his locker so everyone here in Hotlanta can see how many special people were watching over him back home.

We'll try to update again tomorrow. He wants Java and Dunkin sticks in the morning and we have a 12:00 check out time. Once we get packed up we'll head back up there for one last visit before having to come home. He wants us back Wednesday for a chair fitting meeting he has but dad got him a bit down when he told him he just didn't see a way to be able to do that. Of course, Justin reminded me later that we could sleep in the gym for free--all we have to do is be up and out of there by 6:00a.m. the next morning (ha ha) and they get to go to a Braves game that night (which was one more way for him to say "hey, if you come up for the sitting you can go to a Braves game"---he sure does know how to play on my heart, lol).

Any who, getting late here, laundry done, packing still to do--probably get up early and get all that done. Dad and Preston sleeping and Peetlebug trying to get there. Signing off for now.

Love you guys, pray for everyone everyday and believe in the blessings and miracles in whatever form they come in.