Time

     They are putting a collar on his neck to help protect him and then they will move him, twice a day. They say it is too early to know what the full extent of the damage will be. 

     They like that he has movement in his arms. He can move them when he is mad, he slaps them down. They like that he has feeling sensation in his legs. They said that is usually first to go before motor. It is a puzzle. No movement in legs yet. So in six weeks to six months we will be able to determine the neurological outcome. 

      

    The speech therapist was asking him questions to see how his mind is working. Bruce just rolls his eyes. She will have him talk tomorrow. He got the month and year correct, day wrong. I don't even know the date, they all seem to run together. 

Now I suppose we can insert a discourse on the meaning of time.

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

Ecclesiastes 3:1 

     Bruce is styling with an Aspen neck brace. They are worried he is arching his neck and with the surgery, they want extra support, he has to wear it 24 hours. No it doesn't have spikes, no he doesn't want it bedazzled, don't know if we can sign it. He doesn't like it. He has a large neck, 17 1/2 inches, linebacker oh yeah. Maybe some green and yellow racing stripes? Quack, quack.

      They sat him up for two hours, bathed and oral care. He didn't want a shave. I put Chapstick on his lips.

     I had lunch outside on the patio, leftovers and then went for a walk around the neighborhood. 

     They use Walkie/talkie radios to communicate. St Al's used cell phones. So which is worse? The buzz, crackle of the radios or the ringing of cell phones? 

     Met Shauna a CNN, she used to live in La Grande, small world. 

     As I was returning from an afternoon break, the staff was cheering for a patient that was walking out of here. Later they had a new patient arrive via gurney like we did yesterday. 

     I did some genealogy research. Found some Logwoods from Virginia, an obit with wife's name and children on findagrave.com and photo of headstone. YES! 

     Bruce is doing his five hour breathing now. 

     They changed his wrist band ID bracelet, typing error for his birth year, 1962 instead of 1952. That's okay, I am ten years younger anyway...

     

  Success story seen in the hallways of SWIACH where we are staying.