Nothing is ever set in stone! Either the anesthesiologist was in the wrong room or was misinformed. There is no surgery scheduled for today. There is a CAT scan and I can say that with some certainty because he just left the room and was headed to radiology! When the doctors are through looking at the scans and checking out the possibilities they will let us know what is going on.
Jon had his feeding tube disconnected this noon and had his first meal since the choking incident. He ate 4 or 5 smaaaallll bites of hamburger, a few bites of what they called cornbread dressing but tasted a lot like Carol's corn souffle, almost all of 2 slices of peaches, a fourth of a slice of apple pie and all of his carton of milk. The nurse said that wasn't too bad for the first meal.
A physical therapist was in today (and yesterday) to work some on Jon's hands and arms. His shoulders are very tight. Therapy would be a lot easier if we could just get him to relax his muscles--less painful, also. We've been slipping on the daily exercises of his hand. I did get to finish a manicure of sorts on one hand and will try to do the other one when he is shifted to a different side.
Student nurses have come yesterday and today. They have either participated in or watched some of his morning care. The male nurse last night teased Jon about having a harem when Jon wanted Barb and I to rub each eye in unison...asked him if he had any requirements: blond, brunette, age, etc. And then he found out about the student nurses and really razzed him.
That's all for now. I'll try my best to keep you accurately posted and in a timely fashion. If that's possible!
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Hi Marj. We were talking to Robin and she asked us if we had looked at Jon's blog. She looks at it frequently, and she was getting a card ready to send to Barb for him.
Hope you are taking good care of yourself. (as well as you can under the circumstances) I can't imagine how much stress you are all under.
Tell Jon we will continue to think of him and he is in our prayers.
Don and Deb
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