Stacey and I are at Marquette in Milwaukee moving our son Bobby. Thirty two years ago I met this kid from Chicago that would become my best friend and partner in many adventures. This latest adventure Jim decided to undertake without consulting me first, a deviation from our previous process, but as always I’m in.
Jim is 100% breathing on his own and has been for a week. He still uses a nasal cannula just get a boost of oxygen, but he is doing all the work. He is able to talk and has the same deep calming voice. He still has the trach in and will for some time, but that is just in an abundance of caution.
Feeding tube is gone. Jim is eating the hospital food and supplementing with insure. His appetite is slow to come back, but perfectly normal.
Jim’s bed converts into the form of a chair. He is doing this daily, but his blood pressure drops as his legs drop. Doc said it takes some time for the brain to catch up to the change in orientation of the legs. Jim is experimenting with slowly moving his legs down and letting the blood pressure catch up.
There is a sore on his backside that needs to heal up. Weeks of not much movement causes bed sores. One is pretty good size and needs to heal before he can move onto the rehab center. Hoping this can happen in the next couple of weeks.
All for now. Going to help Bobby meet some coeds!