April 7, 2009

Today was kind of split in half. The first part was really good and the second was a little weird. Dad was very interactive today and even tried to write a little. It needs practice but he is trying. The doctors say he looks better than yesterday so lets keep on that trend. He watched some CNN and did a little exercise. However, later in the day he was saying his knee hurt and it was a little swollen. We will have to talk to the doctors about that tomorrow. The nurse gave him a pain killer for it and then he got weird. It seems like he was acting like a child and always had to be touching something. He also stopped answering questions and would just stair. I know the pain meds make him feel better but they really hurt his personality. We try not to give him them very often to avoid the strange behavior. Other wise he is healing well and hopefully we can move soon and work on getting off the ventilator. Keep up the positive thoughts and prayers. Thank you all!