A Watched Pot Never Boils

Friday is my favorite day! Andrew had a better night. He slept for two hours and then again for four. Andrew had an NG tube placed in his nose down to the intensine. This will allow them to give his body nutrition without upsetting the pancreas. They took a scan as they placed it. It bipassed the stomach and the pancreas. Next, they placed a new iv because his pic line was clogged. Andrew had a great day in his different therapy classes. One therapist brought him a beach ball and a three foot bar. He held the bar while she threw the ball at him. It required some of the goalie skills that he has. I told her that he was going easy on her! During physical therapy he walked about 30 feet with a walker. Janine, the therapist, then had him shoot bean bags into a barrel. The bean bags were put up by two of us in different locations on each side. He has a lot of heart and really puts effort into the physical therapy. The music department brought a yamaha guitar for Andrew to play. He enjoyed playing it for a while. Around 2:00 p.m. he looked at the clock and said "it's only 2:00, I'm bored!". Tony from CL came and played "phase ten" with Andrew. After that I started a book with him and then we played catch for a while. The surgeon visited Andrew and allowed him a little more water. The kidney doctor visited and told us that she is changing his blood pressure medicine just to tweak things a bit. Alex called from Fort Lewis to talk to Andrew. Finally, it was 6:00 and dad came to visit. Ashley came a little later while we had something to eat. We spent the evening watching a movie. Andrew has a bunch of pills to take every night ending with a sleeping pill. I am beginning to learn some of the things that will need to be cared for once we go home. It isn't too difficult. We will probably need a home health care service too. Andrew is looking forward to going home! He felt so bored at one point I said, "How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time." He didn't buy it. Ok, so time really dragged today. I don't know why, but it did!