Good evening, and it is a good evening! Marion wanted to sit in the wheelchair today. There were no Pt people there this weekend, just nurses and respiratory staff, so Ben the CNA got him up this morning, no small feat with all the tubing, etc. Then after 10 minuters, he was ready to get back to bed. I jollied him into staying up for a half hour, then got Ben to put him back to bed.
I had brought in a DVD player and purchased a head set with volume control, plus a booster "amplifier" that makes the volume 2x the regular amount with the hope that Marion could hear his courses that he has bought. It did afford him success with the dvd's, so some diversion as the bed is getting very old for him. It's 5 weeks tomorrow. The TV does not interest him at all, even if he could hear it. He suspects that his hearing has been further damaged by this accident. I am going to call his hearing man tomorrow, or at least take his aids in to be cleaned and adjusted if possible. So frustrating for him to have people standing over his bed, and he can not understand a word that they are saying to him.
This afternoon he wanted to sit out of bed again, and I wasn't able to get help, so we got adventourous(sp), and we dangled him on the side of the bed closest to the IV stand and trach collar with mist. We did fine and we even both sat on the side of his bed and looked out the window at the snow for a while. I got him back to bed ok, except that he was 1/3 down the bed and at that point we needed help to boost him back up to the top of the bed. But that was more progress, to even consider dangling him by ourselves. He wanted to do it again at change of shift at 7pm, but I"m not willing to push my luck that far, and said "no, we'd have to wait until tomorrow when more staff was available". No use getting on the bad side of the staff, they take decent care of Marion, and we want the best care they can give him!!!
Certainly wish you all a restful weekend, and time with your families. Thank you for your continuing love and support for us.
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