Water, water everywhere!

Good evening all,

Hope this finds you all having a great Monday. Sometimes Mondays are tough. I sometimes think hospitals suck the life right out of you, hopefully not for those in there, just those visiting. Today wasn't too bad, though. It was a regular therapy day for John. It just really wears him out, but that's good.

They had gone ahead and sewn his eye all the way shut. But, again, it is a loose suture so they can open it and put medicine in and then pull it closed again. He thinks it's helping so that's the main thing.

His neck and ear hurt still, but the neuro. guy came in and he doesn't think it's an infection. He gave some big medical term that I, of course, did not understand. As best I understand it, there are nerves that run through your head and, sometimes, when there is stress or a trauma, they can be affected (similar to the shingles). Anyway, he was going to talk to whatever medical team does that and have them come in and look at it, but they hadn't been there yet when I left.

We got a fabulous card today from Charlie and Janice Burnett and it just cracked both of us up. I had to read it to Cejae and tell Bucky about it. Thanks, Janice, we really enjoyed it.

After his therapy he took a little nap and then decided to take a shower. Now, I've helped him bathe before, but up until this point, it was sort of a spit bath. He had the shower going before I had time to think. I was soaked from the knees down, there was water all over the bathroom and even out into the hall. He got the job done, although he was a little aggravated at me for turning the water off so quickly. Again, he is very determined.

His eating is going very well. He is doing much better: going slower, taking sips of liquids and not choking as much. He is certainly enjoying real food much more than the tube feedings. They are going to cut back on the tube feedings since he is eating real food.

I made it fine in traffic today. I didn't leave until about 10 and started to Buck's about 6:00. It was still very busy, but I made it alright. Thanks for those of you who prayed it would be okay.

John gets his hair cut tomorrow. They come to his room to do it which is very nice.

It is so nice to be at Bucky and Melody's house. It's great to come to a nice, cozy house and the end of a day at the hospital. We have dinner together (if everyone is here), watch some television and just veg. It's very comforting and comfortable. I appreciate them sharing their home with me.

Our friends Chuck and Barbara came on Saturday night to the hospital to see John. They picked me up and took me out to dinner; that was very nice also. Barbara picked me up on Sunday and showed me a different route to the hospital which I took home tonight. They are very sweet people and great friends. Chuck had been to Ireland and brought John home a hat, shirt and several golf balls from famous golf courses there. In John's roughest days, he still remembered that Chuck was in Ireland playing golf and he was going to bring him home golf gifts. It was very nice of Chuck to do that. Thank you, Chuck and Barbara, for all that you do.

Well, I'm going to do some vegging now. I hope you all have a great Tuesday. Thanks for listening to me ramble.

Love,

Cathy