10/16/06 Okay day

Today was an okay day. They got Nathan onto the air bed which wasn't a great experience and got him settled. He seemed much more at ease once he got settled. He's eating a little better. He got a visit from the Occupational Therapist and the Physical Therapist. Needless to say, he isn't real excited about their scheduled meeting tomorrow. They will start working with him to sit him up and possibly transition into a chair. That should be interesting. It is agonizing to hear the pain he's in when they move him.

In the morning they are going to remove the wound vacuum and at that time we will meet with the doctor and see what the game plan is for the skin graft. They are talking about releasing him "soon". We don't know what the definition of "soon" is but it won't be sooner than 2 weeks from last Friday as they told us that would be when the stabilizer on his elbow would be removed. But it could be within a month. That is my optimistic side showing... %-}

They did figure out today why it hurt him so bad to be turned. It had something to do with the wound vac. They fixed that and he seemed to be able to be turned much easier.

We continue to receive support and prayers from all of you. Which I must say continues to just amaze us. We are so truly blessed to have all of you in our lives. It is really hard to put into words how grateful we are to all of you. We didn't realize we had so many angels in our lives. Thank you so much. We love you all. Good Night!