Day started out well with Jason taking a walk out of his room for the first time with Jeff Hohensee. But as we should expect this is a roller coaster ride with ups and downs. One of the medications did not sit well with him and caused total confusion. As a man who always likes to be in control, this did not work well. He tried getting out of his chair once and out of bed a couple times. He kept asking "what should I be doing", nothing I say, just rest. Jason tells me (not sure if accurate) that he got some morphine about an hour ago. Pain is already starting to come back and I don't think he can have more morphine for a couple more hours.
You know my high maintenance husband likes to sleep in extreme darkness and complete quiet. Kind of hard to do in the hospital, but we did our best to darken the room to include stacking a chair with a pillow and binder to block one of the big night lights. Don't tell him, but I gave him my Frederick's of Hollywood night mask to help reduce light too.
Total confusion and tough day were Jason's words. He kicked me out of here for a few hours to try to rest, but that didn't help him.
I read everything to Jason on the blog today including your comments and he loved it. I don't think he will remember any of it and I will read it to him again when he is more alert, but he did smile everything he was awake and heard me.
Love,
Tricia
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Trish- Sounds like a roller coaster kind of day. It must be pretty confusing for you. Hang in there. It sounds like Smithman is progressing nicely. He'll get better as the days go by.
T-Bone
Hey guys -- thanks for allowing us to be such a big part of this intense experience. Wanted to let you know that we are thinking about you. Said a little prayer for Jason and surgery success while I was at work yesterday morning -- sounds like it worked :o). You will both continue to be in our thoughts/prayers. Hang in there!
Dawn and Kent
Jason, you are so strong. I pray that Thursday is a better day for you and that you can get rest and lots of it. Good Night.
Kathy Collins
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