James had his surgery to replace his bone flap on his skull that was removed for his original surgery. He finally went to surgery at 11:00pm last night. It all went great and he was back on the ward by 1:30 am. He has a nurse assigned to just him for the next few days at least, so we can make sure that he doesnt bite his tongue again. ( and so his poor mom can sleep) The last two nights he has bitten his tongue at 9 at night, I am thinking that by then he is just tired and overstimulated. It is possible that they might just wire his jaw for the next couple of weeks to protect his tongue and revisit using his mouthguards then.
I went to see him this morning and he squeezed my hand with his right hand when I asked him to, and smirked when he had a loud pass of gas! I had a good talk with his surgeon this morning and told him that we are prepared to figure out a plan to keep James in Victoria for his recovery. The best resources for trauma patients are here in Victoria.
We recieved some lovely cards from some of James' friends in Ohio yesterday, I put them on his wall in his room with the rest of his cards and the origami from the young men's group.
So glad to know hes doing well. And funny about the part with the gas. So him.
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