Give the boy a menu...

Well, Peej has moved on to berry Jello and thinks it is good. He is drinking through a straw well, we tried the regular drinking thing and that didn't go so well...so for now...a straw it is!

It seems he got a little uncooperative this afternoon but the nurses figured out the temper tantrums parallel a medication they were giving him everyday at noon to stimulate the abdominal tract to contract. Those should subside as they don't think he needs that particular medication anymore. And when I say "temper tantrum" I mean "full on two year old temper tantrum". Yesterday he straightened out his legs, slapped them on the bed, as well as both arms and grunted....just like a toddler. Tonight though he was calm, cooperative to verbal requests and even smiled more. He is still a confused but I can tell he is putting more and more together. He remembers things for more than 30 seconds and even apologized tonight for "fighting with Big Guy and the nurse this afternoon". So that is great progress. He remembered I was there earlier and asked if I picked up my daughters (which I told him I needed to do), so he is starting to put small things together.

The nurse said tonight they were transferring him tomorrow to the Naval Hospital but the charge nurse said that is probably not likely to happen. I will call in the morning before I head up there and if there is any news I will update before I leave. Other than that, I will probably not update the blog until 1 or 2 California time (I have some last minute shopping and my husband is coming home on the ship tomorrow). You know, the ship Peej still thinks he is on most of the time.

Have a great day, hug all your people, and remember what the Season is really about!

Lynette

J-E-L-L-O.....

Just got back from seeing the PJ. What a great sight! He is much calmer and not struggling anymore to take everything out/off. He still did not have his restraints on either. That was nice to see! He seems to be putting a little bit more together (I stress "a little bit") but enough to make sense in that moment.

PJ Land has moved into solid foods. Slowly, but hey, it's not in a tube (he does still have the tube feed going). He took a couple bites of Jello and then said "Hmmmm lemon, good". But then, he said no more because he thought he should go slowly. He drank a cup of apple juice through a straw too! He has to be told each step of what to do until the 'fog' from the meds wears off. They said it could be a while.

There are rumors among the doctors and nurses that PJ might be moving over to the Naval Hospital in as early as two or three days. Not for any other reason than they have a bed and he will need physical therapy to regain his strength. I'll keep ya posted on that!

They showed me how to put the ointment on his hands and peel away the dead skin where the burns are healing, so I did that for a while. I am so not touching the feet though. The Peej Momma did that and it must be the love of a mother!

More later from PJ Land........

Happy shopping & continue the prayers for his recovery to progress with leaps and bounds!

It's a conspiracy.....

So according to Heather, PJ is doing well today. He is off the Ativan completely (again) and is starting to be more vocal (not to be confused with more lucid). They have taken off his gloves and untied his restraints....he was behaving while Heather was there but we will see how that goes today. For the most part he still thinks he is on the ship and though at times he seems to be more aware...he is still very confused and it is hard to understand what he is saying. Each day though, his verbal skills improve and even through it all you can see his sense of humor is still there, however, he is getting aggitated with the whole process but this is normal behavior. He said he thinks "someone is drugging him because he keeps waking up naked"...oh Peej, if you only knew...

He looks great and his hands look better everyday with the dexerity improving constantly.

I am heading up there right now and will update this afternoon with the plan for the next few days. There was some talk of them taking the trach out so we'll see, and once they take that out, he can be moved out of ICU.

Thanks for all the prayers! PJ is so blessed to have such a strong network of people in his ring.

Enjoy your families and Merry Christmas,
Lynette