There is a new smell in the air...

So as Steve has already told everyone, PJ is out of the spinning bed HALLELUJAH! Just in the nick of time too, because he was getting FUUUNNNKKYY. I mean I know that he is in a coma, but man was he starting to smell. So now that they have him out of that bed, they can give him a bath a bit more often. Ok seriously, he had a good day today. He did not "desat" at all during the day. He is staying strong, and we just need to continue that. Last nights episodes were not that bad, but frustrating because it was a setback. His temperature has been mild to normal. When I left tonight it was at 99.9. Now that he is out of the space age spinning stinky bed from hell, they are beginning to lower the paralytic drug so he is moving. It is more like involuntary muscle movement like a slight raise of the eyebrows, or his head will shake a bit. It is neat to see him moving a bit, and it appears like he kind of responds to you when you talk to him.

They are still holding out hope that they won't have to do the tracheotomy. I think that it is silly, but when I talked to the doctor today he said that he wanted to wait to see if we need it. My take on that is either the doctor has some hope that he will be off of the vent by Thursday, or he is delaying this aimlessly. They have to take him off of the vent through the mouth by Thursday so they don't risk damage to his vocal cords. So why wouldn't they just do it now unless they thought there was still a chance that he could be off of the vent in time. Anyway, that is my editorial opinion, no other factual evidence will back that up.

His wounds looked great today. He has no bandages at all on his face anymore, and his ear looks outstanding. The nurse this evening also told me that his hands have healed completely. I don't know this physically to be true other than her telling me. I still have yet to see his hands without bandages on them. His hair is growing back nicely, you can see the area that was burned off, as it is shorter than his other hair. The skin is blending nicely and his eyebrows are back. He only has a few scabs here and there on his face that should heal with very little scarring. So as I told my mother tonight, he will be just as ugly as he was before, which is great.

As you can tell, things were good today. I only kid him because I love him, and if it were me in there he would be writing the same thing about me. For those that know PJ you know that he is a joker and a prankster and loves to give people crap. I can't wait to give him crap and tell him I love him and give him a great big hug when he wakes up.

That is all from San Diego, I will try to write more in the morning after I call and talk to the night nurse.

Take care and kiss your loved ones!

Chris

P.S Kayler, Katelyn, Curtis, and Diane I miss you all very much and I can't wait to see you. I love you guys!

PJ's New Address

Just in case there are new friends reading this, I wanted to give out our new address. It will be better to send cards and pictures for PJ's room here to the house and I can take them to him. Our new address is:
PJ Meyerpeter
c/o Steve
1313 24th Street
San Diego, CA 92102

Out of the Crazy Spinning bed

Hey everyone - I wanted to add a quick note. I am sure Chris will add a better note later. I had to leave him there to go back to work. PJ is out of the space bed - YIPPIE!!! Although he can go back in if things take a turn again. but for now he is in a real bed with sheets and everything!!! He was doing pretty good. he had great color in his face. I still marvel at how quick he is healing on the outside. He is looking more and more like pajamas everyday. It is those darn lungs that we need to get better. they got another good amount of stuff sucked out again today which is good. All of his stats seemed to be in the right direction. He was on 40% O2 when I left. His left ear is starting to look pretty good. I still have yet to see the back of his hands, but the upper arms are lookin pretty darn good. It was just so good to see him in a real bed again. lets just pray he has a couple good days again. Last nights episode wasn't a big hiccup but we need some smooth days/nights now.

A side note on PJ number 2 - he has had several operations that have completely cleaned away all of the dead skin and tissue. they will now start the graphs in ernest. they also have a plan to try to save his fingers - by graphing his hand to his body and letting the good skin grow around his hand with good strong tissue - absolutly amazing.

And good news for walter as well - when I walked by his room he was TALKING on the phone. they say he is going to be released from the ICU this weekend if not sooner. WAY TO GO WALT!!!!

Well look at that, how is that for a quick note - hahahaha
Have a great night everyone - steve

Brief Morning Update on 12/4

Talked to the night nurse and PJ did have a few episodes of desaturation last night. He told me that the doctors were doing their rounds and would determine what they would like to do with him in regards to the bed. According to the nurse, the episodes were brief where he went to 89 - 85% oxygen level. So I don't know what that exactly means.

That is all for now.

Chris