Today Joel had many challenging moments. Many times during the last couple of days my knees have felt like buckling.
Joel's still mostly sleeping, but one eye is partially open most of the time. He's still on the vent (pulled it once during the night last night and goes for it each time he starts to wake up, so his hands are restrained.) He still coughs silently (he has no voice with a vent in) and then has to be suctioned, that's very scary!! He must be watched constantly.
He hears our voices and recognizes when we're near him. He even smiled around his tubing once, when we asked him to. The machine is still doing nearly all of the breathing for him and his heart is still being paced. But when we suggested turning on "Monsters vs. Aliens" for him, he opened BOTH eyes and turned toward the TV! We turned it on and put the remote near his head so he could listen to it as he dozed.
The goal is for Joel to be able to come off of the machines and be awake. Thankfully, he's still in there!
Goodnight for this day.
Love,
Dolores
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