Phone home

phone home

James' sister texted asking today if he'd started cracking jokes again. That's a good sign of how he's feeling so I asked and "phone home" was his response. The oxygen sensor light is perfect, took us a minute to get it but :^) he's back.

Today was a good day.

They took him off the "special k" (ketamine iv) and said he the drain should come out tomorrow. The two stipulations of coming home are off ketamine and drain removed. Yay. Crossing fingers and everything else that tomorrow will be the day.

He finally tried the protein shake that the nurse had recommended when first hospitalized and he loved it. Bummer that he waited so long into the hospitalization to test it out but good to know it's there for tomorrow. The other foods had been hit or miss, mostly miss. I told him he should order a couple shakes for breakfast. So many flavors, so little time.

I'm home to sleep tonight, still trying to catch up with a little work without much luck. It's been hard to focus and it'll be nice to be all in one place again. We'd love to get away for a little of James' birthday week to NH but won't stress about it. We'll see how he's feeling when he's home.

The kids have been such a huge help. Phoebe was with us at the hospital today which was really nice.  We did a couple quick errands on the way home then were pulled over by a nice young cop who said I didn't have my lights on. Yikes. Phoebe said it was my frazzled apologetic face that sent us on our way with a "you're all set, have a nice night."

Sander stayed home, he's been doing SO much around the house. It's been a complete disaster the past few years and he's digging in. I've told him what I don't know is missing won't be missed. So far I haven't missed a thing, we'll see if James does when he walks back through the door.

Yes, today was a good day. Hope your day was good too!

Thank heavens for sweet nurses, talented surgeons, kind policemen, wonderful children, and delicious shakes.

xxoo for now Beth & James