Wednesday, 15 February 2012

James almost made it off ICU again today,  but alas,  today was not the day.  The plan was to wire his jaw today and have him move upstairs afterwards.  The specialist came to see him last night and was not  sure that wiring was neccessary.  A dentist came to see him today and he feels that he can make a dental appliance that will prevent him from biting himself and hold his jaw a little bit open so that it is possible to do mouth care.  Only problem,  the appliance may take a week to have made!  It sounds like they may wire his jaw until the appliance comes....we will see what tomorrow brings. 

Today James kept reaching for his monitor leads on his chest and his iv line.  Definetely purposeful movement,  so that is a good sign.  He seemed a bit agitated and scared today too,  also good, but hard to deal with as a mom.  It has been a long, hard day, but all in all I think he did well today.

1 comment:

  1. Anything purposeful at this point is a good sign. Even if it's terifying to see it means we're getting closer to having him up on his feet. ((((hugs))))

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