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Lots of room in the new room!

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Jay and Joe spent the night last night and are going to stay here at the hospital with me for the rest of the week. Its nice to have them here and Josh is having a blast with them.

Today we made a little basketball hoop out of a styrafoam container and taped it to the wall in his room. We made little balls from tape and guaze and Jay went to CVS and bought 4 little balls and Sara left her little football for him. He has 7 balls to throw before we all have to fetch them. 🙂 These guys have been having a riot with this game. Josh is laughing and having fun.

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Later a private room became available so they moved Josh to that. It is so nice to have so much room! They fixed me up with a recliner to sleep in too. The nurses are all so nice. There are a couple of male nurses or oderlies (I’m not sure which) that are really nice too. They thought the basketball thing was really cool. One of the nurses even made a shot and got it! When we changed rooms the other family we were sharing the room with didn’t want us to go.

Tomorrow is surgery… stay tuned

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Monday

Monday morning Josh had another irrigation and debridement procedure. The doctors did not come talk to me so I am assuming that everything went well and looks good. If it were not they would surely have come to tell us. Josh had a big increase in pain on Monday night and the staff physician who was ‘on-call’ had to look at his dressings to make sure everything was draining correctly. He said all looked OK. The nurses gave him more pain medication and re-arranged his leg. Late at night the Doctors and O.R. staff decided to postpone his skin graft and muscle flap surgery until Wednesday.

Interesting definitions for this injury

Mike, Jay and Joe arrived late Monday night to be here for Josh’s surgery on Tuesday. The nurses warned Josh Monday morning that they often cancel scheduled surgeries and reschedule. She said this hospital is notorious for this. It sure does make it difficult for family members who have to arrange time off from their jobs to be with their loved ones for their surgeries.
🙁 The meals in the hospital cafeteria run around $7.00 each. This is just getting a main dish, vegetable and potatoe with a beverage. I may have to find another way to eat for the rest of my stay here.

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Saturday evening




Saturday evening

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Josh continues to grow stronger and stay awake longer. He had a total of 38 visitors today! Thank you all for showing such love and care even though you are all about three hours drive away from this hospital! It is amazing to see such an outpouring of love!The church youth group all stopped in to see him, as did football friends and their families, High school friends, and our huge wonderful family. Josh has always shown great compassion for others and shares all of what he has. Now it is returning to him.