I know I have not posted anything for a couple of days, SORRY!
We
have been catching up on sleep and just relaxing around the apartment.
Dylan is doing well, he has been resting a lot, but still getting up
moving around, playing some video games here and there, and EATING
EVERYTHING!! After what he's been through he can eat as much as his
little heart wants! His biggest craving, he asks for everyday is HOT
DOGS............not sure what's up with that!
He
took a bath the other night, he said that felt really good, I washed as
much of the iodine and dried up blood out of his hair as I could
without getting near the stitches, but his head is itching A LOT! We
think it is probably a combination of his head not being cleaned very
good in the hospital and where they had to shave his head for surgery.
I
have been walking around outside with him some, he likes to get out of
the apartment a little. He is doing pretty well with the walking, he's
had a few incidents of loss of balance, but that's to be expected.
He
does not like me preaching to him the proper way to get dressed with a
head injury (this is the type of work I do with my patients, when I
work), but he started listening, I still help him a little but mostly
just keep and eye on him.
We
are weaning him off the pain meds and he is tolerating longer periods
of time without the meds. He has some cognitive deficits, not too bad,
mostly remembering things incorrectly or saying the wrong words when
talking, but this happened last time and with time resolved itself. His
eyes get very tired and he said it feels like the muscles are not
working right sometimes, this can be expected also after this type of
surgery.
Mike
and I took off his gauze turban today, as well as, his bandage and tape
from where the drain stitches were, and he turned white as a ghost
because he was scared it was going to hurt and got all worked up about
it.
Other than that Dylan is doing GREAT (including arguing with JADA, so I know he is feeling better! LOL : )
When
we go to the doctor on Monday they are supposed to be removing his
stitches and Dylan is already getting worried about the pain he thinks
he will have with it. The doctor told us to give him a half dose of his
pain medicine ahead of time along with tylenol because he needs to do a
neuro exam on him as well.
PLEASE PRAY FOR DYLAN TO NOT BE SCARED ABOUT THIS, and for a good report at his appt.
We should be returning home on Tuesday as long as everything goes well on Monday.
I
am posting some after surgery pictures of Dylan, but they may be a
littler graphic for the kids so you may want to look at them first.
Thanks for all the prayers, support, and comments!
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