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Sunday, February 28, 2010

Evening, day twelve

The day began with evidence of spring in some bulb shoots pushing through the ground in a little garden on the corner of one of the hospital buildings.

We're looking forward to a new springtime for Ben, but it's coming slowly. They've worked him pretty far down on the breathing tube today, but he is still experiencing these long periods of apnea in which he is so relaxed that he does not breath on his own, so they're forced to breath for him. Part of this may be drug-induced, but when the pain gets to be too much he gets agitated and then doesn't breath right, either. So they're taking it slowly and looking for signs that they might be able to get him off this machine tomorrow.

He has not lost any of his fighting spirit. Today he wanted milk to drink (of course he's not taking any liquids!) and then at one point he swung his feet over the edge of the bed and was ready to climb on out. When his breathing is right, he will be ready to go!

Kim's folks arrived today and that picked up Ben's spirits as well. Lydia and Noah stayed with us overnight on Saturday but have headed back home with gma and gpa for school this week. They are both looking forward to the ISATS this week (Illinois standardized testing). OK, they're not really looking forward to them, but they will be a change of pace for them.

Other than that, things are holding steady. We are hearing beeps in our sleep, and if we never hear another breathing machine alarm in our life it will be too soon.

The USA could have set off a wild celebration with a hockey victory, but at least they were gamers. We're gamers here, too, and hopefully one of these days soon we will have a wild celebration for Ben's restored health.

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