Day #4

Apparently he ran two marathons today!

The sedation-vacation was a huge success!

Apparently daddy is a bit of a light-weight when

it comes to sedation drugs.

10 minutes after they took him off the sauce, he

became agitated. He started being very responsive

to the nurse and the doctor said it was 'amazing and

rather astonishing'.

That was VERY good news!

The moment Amanda walked in the room he saw her and gave her a little wave.

(that was my favorite part of the day)

He opens his right eye. The left appeared to be

a little swollen. Though I think he opened that later. He looked right at my mom and squeezed her hand. He made eye contact with me and looked at the wall where all the pictures that the grand kids had made were plastered. He squeezed all of our hands. He moves his head around to adjust himself on his pillow.

Apparently his foot had an itch so we rubbed some lotion on it and gave his feet a massage.

He shook his head no when asked if he was in pain or if he was uncomfortable. He gagged and coughed every time they repositioned him. Though the breathing tube is his friend, it sure doesn't seem that way to him.

understandably.....

He became rather over-stimulated, so we had to leave and let him rest. Thus limitations with visitors and with ourselves as well.

Today was huge! Probably too huge.

Tomorrow they will very likely remove the drain from his head. He is now breathing on his own but with a bit of added pressure from the machine.

We got huge thumbs up from the doctor

and the nurses. Though now there is a sign on his door saying to 'shush' and let him rest.

His blood pressure is borderline though that

is very likely because he is in pain.

Oh we love him so!!

Also, they need to find a bed that is tall enough for him.

His poor feet keep pushing against the foot board.