Tuesday March 5th thru Sunday March 10th

We have had a couple more exciting nights over the past few days since Sunday. Monday night once again from a deep sleep around 2:00am I awoke to the sounds of Christopher trying to get out of bed. I ended up sleeping downstairs on the couch near to his bed, to make sure he didn't injure himself trying to get up. I was finally able to fall back to sleep, it must have been at about 4:30am.

Tuesday night he slept through the night no issues, thank you Lord. I think he was as tired as I was. Well, Wednesday night even after sessions with Leo and Dr Ellis, after putting him to bed I was folding clothes in the laundry and thought I heard something coming from the front room. Upon entering the room I could see Christopher sitting up in bed, catheter bag in hand, covers in the floor, once again a smile from ear to ear. As I am getting him settled, I see something down near his feet. Oh my goodness, here lays his Peg tube, the bulb still inflated, he has pulled it out. That had to hurt. Well I guess I won’t have to ask tomorrow when we can get it taken out.

Self administered care has taken care of it for us. He has been eating so well and taking his meds by mouth, we were ready to get taken out anyway. DONE!

Two check ups this week, one a follow up from the recent surgery to close his trach site. The incision looks great. The second, a regular follow up visit at the Shepherd Center checking his progress. Both went well. We are still weaning him off many of his medications; he is tolerating this without issue.

Saturday Christopher, Davis and I went to the Cobb Civic Center to the Gun Show. I was surprised at the number of people there. The boys both love hunting and fishing. I think they enjoyed themselves, there was a lot to look at.

On the way home we stopped for some lunch. Christopher was so hungry while waiting for his meal he decided to try and eat one of the jelly packets he picked up from a bowl on the table. Davis saw him pick it up and before he could alert me and I could get it out of his mouth, he had bitten down and got a mouth full of grape jelly. He didn’t want to open his mouth, once I finally got the packet out, back came that smile. It must have been some good jelly.

Allie and Coleman came to visit with Christopher. Davis had some friends over, Allie and Coleman were the self appointed chaperones sneaking outside to spy through the windows. They were hilarious.

Debbie returned Sunday evening along with a close friend of ours from Australia, Robert Meiklejohn. Robert will be visiting with us over the next several days. He was here last just a couple of months before the accident.

We are all excited about the game tomorrow night; Christopher has been practicing to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Lassiter High School baseball game against Parkview. We hope the weather holds off. Storms are coming.