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Father’s Day, 2014
Happy Father’s Day to all you dads and dad’s-to-be. Basically most men. Last night the kids and I made more artwork for the ever growing wall. The hospital staff comes in and looks at whatever we have recently added and many of them even ask me about the kids as they pass me in the hallway. Apparently, they…
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From Maki
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Going into Summer
Every day, it dawns on me a little more what a waiting game this is. Even though we were told Vernon has begun the awakening stage, its also been suggested that he won’t be ‘with us’ by the time Maki takes off for New Zealand for the summer on Thursday night. I know he had…
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The Slow Journey Back
Today marks 3 weeks since the accident. There isn’t much to report today except that Vernon is still being slowly weaned from the sedation and pain drugs Fentanyl and Versed. He has been under such heavy sedation that he must be weaned very slowly, each decreased a very small amount every 12 hours. The nurses…
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Honesty/Surgery
Thank you, everyone, for all your comments and texts about today’s pelvic surgery. I expect its happening now. I know it was slated for 7, but the doctor said he and his partner (they always work as a team…) will actually be starting around 7:30. I don’t know when he will be waking completely…I understand…
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Justine’s Big Field Trip…and Good News!
After last night’s post, I want to follow up with Justine’s story today. Somewhere I had recently read that a child’s memory is first activated by some kind of traumatic experience. I don’t know if that is true, but it made me want to be very mindful of Justine’s first potential big-memory experience. Its nice to be…
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Another Tuesday in the SICU
Here is Vernon ‘traveling’ out of his room for today’s procedures. (Traveling. Don’t you love how I’m picking up official hospital-speak? By the end of this, I’ll be a pro.) It isn’t just his bed that goes to another part of the hospital, but all his IV attachments and support machines. Two more nurses are at the…
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Art Therapy
There isn’t a lot to report tonight, at least as far as changes to Vernon’s progress. He will be going in for another CT Scan in the morning, as well as the Gall Bladder procedure, which was put off over the weekend. I expect good Dr. Wilkins will be looking closely to see if he…
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Wait and Hope
“All human wisdom is contained in these two words: wait and hope.” Alexandre Dumas Fortunately , there isn’t much to report on Vernon except that he is doing well. Well…compared to earlier this week. The doctors even decided to forgo the gall bladder procedure slated for this morning because his signs are slowly, slowly starting to improve again.…
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Thursday: a Good Day
I admit I was disappointed by the change of events in Vernon’s progress this week. As long as we are sticking to what the doctors and nurses project, I feel Vernon is totally secure in their hands. Then suddenly something changes, as its prone to do, and I begin to lose my emotional grip a…