They are taking Redjeb off the sedation and reducing the pain killers. This is hard on him, but they are doing it cause they need him to be alert when they take out the ventilator tube. And they won't do that till they can teach him to breathe without it or at least evaluate his breathing. His left lung was punctured and bruised and he broke a lot of ribs, so breathing is of course really painful I'm sure.
Anyway, from this you can tell he is really banged up. But it was nice today that without the sedation he seemed to know that I was there, and could hold my hand. And his daughter Taris felt the same when she was there.
The days are crazy though. My hotel room is a mess cause I have all kinds of notes strewn over the desk of things I have to do and calls I have to make re insurance, normal bills to pay, etc. The bed is also covered with paperwork. I bought some file folders and note books today to see if I can put some order into things, but not sure how this is going to work out. My brain is fuzzy and isn't working too well these, days which includes a memory that wasn't so hot before all this.
On a lighter note, our Holiday Inn hosted a reception for some local artists and crafts persons, which included all sorts of wine and beer (though I drank Pepsi too). They had lots of cheese and crackers, and then to our surprise came out with delicious pasta and salad buffet. Local business people came as well as hotel guests of all sorts. The event was a fund raiser for some Children's something, but they apparently have these receptions every week. The people were all very nice. The hotel is old and kind of run down, but is homey.
The other light spot is there is a nice pool, which Taris and I used late this eve to get the tension out. So I am trying to keep in the world, which also includes my brother wanting to go out for dinners, so I'm eating well; not a lot, but well.
I only wish Redjeb were out here with us enjoying all this.
Dearest Peggy , Redjeb, and John,
ReplyDeleteIt's good to have this encouraging news of Redjeb's progress, slow as it may seem to you. This blog is a wonderful way of communicating (says I, the technophobe; indeed, you haven't heard from me because I thought I had "done in" Norma and Ken's computer. Twas only that the wireless mouse needed batteries. Even I was able to handle that low-tech solution!)
My niece Liz is here for a day or two, and we're going to see a Hopper exhibit at Middlebury College. Wonder if you know this part of Vermont? It's exquisite (of course, I come in the summer/fall), verdant like its name, humid, rainy, restful. Harry is an old dog now, just right for his aged caretaker with one exception. He has to be carried upstairs, which I do very,very carefully. The Essential Harry is still present, despite his being 15.
By the way, this niece, Liz, will be at Columbia next year for an MFA in non-fiction writing. She'll be going to the city (staying with S & C) to search for an apartment next week. People have suggested Harlem and Inwood.
Well, Peggy,you probably have little time, so I'll close with a big projected-across-the wireless HUG!
LOVE, BONNIE