Thursday, Dec 18, 2014

Thursday, December 18

Posted Dec 18, 2014 1:00pm

Today is what them call in the On Line world Throwback Thursday. I will be glad when I can look back at today as a Throwback Thursday. Recovery is still going well, it's just kind of up and down. We are trying to cut back on the pain medicine. When I do, then we go backwards just a little. So it's just working through pain (on Joe's part.) Today we were able to go 6 hours between instead of 4 hours between - so that's good. And then I remind myself it has only been ONE week since surgery. Of course he is going to hurt.

Every day he can do more. For instance to put his shirt on, he does not have full mobility to raise his arms over his head, so he needs a little help. Each day it gets a little easier though.

We took the bandage off last night. I have a friend (a mother of one of Joe's friends) who is a nurse. I forwarded her the photos and she called me to let me know she thought it looked good. Today I also sent those to the Spine nurse at Children's, but I was glad my friend was available at 7:00 last night. I'm not sure everyone would want to see those photos, so I probably won't post - but it's quite impressive.

Last night it hurt to take deep breaths which is a reminder to us that we HAVE to keep up on the spirometer and the walks. I'll try to get a picture of the spirometer so you can see how that works.

There are so many pieces to this puzzle.

I'll be glad when Ben is out of school. Right now I get Ben up and take him to school and then crash again until Joe gets up. One thing that is nice at this point of the recovery is that I can put the 2 am or 4 am pills in Joe's room and he sets an alarm and takes them. I don't have to get up and go upstairs and give them to him. I still do wake up, but it's easier this way.

Keep those prayers coming. I realized today that if I don't get Carter's Xmas present taken care of today, that poor little boy may not get it in time. I kind of feel like Xmas is over because we decorated before Thanksgiving and we bought all our gifts on Black Friday. So Grandma Deb - (Grandma to Carter) - know that I am trying today to get that checked off on my list. That and pay the sales tax for our business. HA. That's kind of important also.

Have a great day everyone.