Sunday, June 18, 2006

Happy Father's Day

Spencer came to see his daddy today for a few minutes to give him some pats and put his head on Jason's shoulder. He wanted his daddy to hold him and play with all of the lines in his neck. Needless to say he wasn't afraid of the tubes and incision line on his chest. I think Cole would have had a different reaction.
Jason continues to make progress. He has been sitting up at meal time to eat some food. He has had heartburn and sore throat so making it uncomfortable to eat. We sent Diane to pick up a round of milkshakes. Justin just said his goodbyes and he and Sara will be heading home to Eugene today. Sara has been a tremendous help with the boys as well as my parents. It's nice to have people around to care for them so I didn't have multiple worries other than Jason to deal with . I finally got about 10+ hours of sleep last night. Sara took Spencer duty so she got up with him at 5:50 this morning. Betsy and John are here with us still so will continue to help with Spencer when Diane and I are at the hospital.
Jason got one of his chest tubes out, the dressing off of his chest incision off, and the catheter out. So he is focused on drinking enough water so he can pee on his own:). He took a walk down to the nurses station and back and continues to make good progress. We will have him take another walk after dinner. They will be doing an extra chest x-ray today since he is spitting a little blood and his lungs are still a little wet. Sorry for the graphic details but some people want to know the specifics since they can't be here. Justin left us with his list of questions to ask the doctor next go around. So Jason is resting now, watching a bit of golf and taking a nap at the same time. I'm sure that is what my dad is doing too!

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