Hey all you sports fans out there......
We have basketball, baseball and the French Open started this weekend and don't forget the LA Marathon:
So if we were playing football, I have been told that we are actually in the second quarter of the game. The first quarter being the life and death quarter and getting Deano stabilized. The second quarter is where we are now. And that would be working with Deano and attempting to remove all the tubes from his body, ie: feeding tube, trach, etc... The third quarter being total rehabilitation, learning to talk and walk and eat and reestablish Deano in everyday living and the fourth quarter would be he comes home and we all live happily ever after.
Depending on what sport you fancy and some sports have timed quarters; the difference here is that our quarters do not have a set amount of time and some quarters will take longer than others and, of course, I would want the fourth quarter (happily ever after) to last the longest. So if I was running a Marathon (and I have) I would say we were entering the part of the race where you have probably settled your nerves and you are just settling into your race pace and hopefully enjoying the cruz.
So these past couple of days we have not seen any big, big changes and that is good because we are not going backwards either. With the exception of the temperature he was running when he first transferred to his new "Sacred Place of Healing" he has been infection free and that is what he really needs right now. The respiratory specialists were taking the cap off the trach to suction some of the phlegm and the Dr. no longer wants them to do that. The Dr. believes Deano's cough is strong enough for him to cough it all the way out on his own. I don't know if I mentioned previously, the ventilator is not even in Dean's room.
Dean's attempts to verbally communicate are very visible now. We even took the lap top into him and that was a little frustrating for him - we need to try and get all the angles a little better for him.
Now that Riley can see all these fabulous signs of healing in his dad, Riley is really pushing Deano. I don't think he really understands with a brain injury all this is going to take time and his brain is still healing. Hell, I am 45 and I had no concept of this either. With all the things that Dean is trying to do, you or I can see that he is becoming more frustrated and rightly so.
So keep cheering and being in the stands or the playing field with us because Aunt Rose is absolutely right we all need the love and support.
Lets go defense...................................
5 comments:
Right on, looks like things are moving in a positive direction-slow and steady wins the race!! Thank you for the new photos (Dean looks FANTASTIC), they are always appreciated! Hang in there Maria!
Karen M.
Much better photos of Dean than a couple of weeks ago. I believe he'll progress faster than we realize. It will be important to keep up the contact and stimulation for him.
Might be a good idea to send the bloa link and some photos to his work colleagues.
Love and support! Love and support! goooooooooo Dean!
Love, Muffy
Karen and I visited Dean with Michael and Penny this last Sunday. Lots of sex jokes kept Dean smiling and rolling his eyes. I brought him a little hand-held electronic 20 Questions game, which he was very interested in. We played it together, as his hand coordination seems to have a ways to go yet, but he was focused on the game until the round was done. I could see his general frustration with his predicament, but I could also see a vital spark of curiosity that transcended his current challenges. At the end of the game he took hold of the device and held it to his ear to better hear the noises it was making. His intellect took his attention away from his travails for a few moments. That seemed like a very good sign to me.
Teri - Great News! What a terrific picture. Tell Deano that Uncle Jimmy says GO NUGGIES! Thuggets, Nug-goons - whatever. Go!
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