Day 118 - Sept 26, 2008

Did I mention that I raised a little shit, lol? I was exercising his right arm tonight and he didn't want me to do it because he wanted to watch a movie. Well, I gave him the little pep talk that I reserve for this ordeal and he shrugged. I said "do you want to walk out of here?" he said 'no'. I said "do you want to play Xbox 360?" he said "no". I said "So what? You want to be crippled when you don't need to be?" and he shook his head yes. I said "well, if that's your attitude then I'm going home". He just looked at me in shock for about 3 seconds and then he burst out laughing. That, of course, made me start laughing because he knows damn well that I am not going anywhere - and he called me on it. I tell ya - he has me wrapped around his little finger. What a punk, huh?

And today Kevin got to ride a bed bike. Well, he tried to anyway. This is basically a set of bike pedals that your body actually lays in bed and you put your legs into. You pedal just like you would normally. Kevin did very well when he did just his left leg and he actually was able to push the pedal down when he had only his right leg in (yay!). Unfortunately though, when we put both legs in at the same time he couldn't stand the pain. I think it was more his hip because it is very mobile when pedaling. I can only assume it's the bone growth, but we will need to look into it further next week.

He also ate mashed potatoes and lime jello for lunch, with powerade to wash it down. I need to go shopping for some different flavors of gatorade. They only have blue here and I want to introduce new flavors to him. And the speech pathologist thinks he might be able to handle the inner part of the pizza as long as there isn't a lot of cheese on it. He is doing very well eating. More and more every day. And we like the fact that he automatically knows not to put more in his mouth until he swallows what he has. His hand/mouth coordination has improved greatly as well. He never misses anymore.

I want to quickly say "thank you" to everyone that defended me here. I really do appreciate it. I sure am lucky to have such great friends, both in real life and online.

That being said, I am going to move on. Although I feel the need to rant sometimes, I just don't have the energy to give it much time. My days are very full, with literally no time to dwell on the drama. This doesn't mean I have decided not to press charges, I am still thinking about that.

So to answer a question or two...Jocelyn, you asked about pornography showing up on my blog? I have no idea why that would be, but I can guess that you have a virus or some sort of application running on your computer. I have asked a few people if they see anything like that and to my knowledge - no one else does. If other people do, please let me know.

As to Jessica commenting about me never taking a break - you are pretty much right. I just can't. Even on the days that I go somewhere for dinner or the days we went to the beach and the casino - I was still in the hospital at least 12 hours. Many times it's closer to 16 hours. If I do leave, I try to always have Breezy here, otherwise the sitter needs to be in the room and personally, it would drive me nuts to have a stranger staring at me for any length of time. I would rather have my mom and sis any day and it's all about what Kevin would want.

I did go and buy Kevin a new laptop as his was in Afghanistan with him and I won't bring the germs into his room. So we now have the internet through the day and I can get the blog done earlier sometimes (depending on Kevin's mood) and I am just now trying to clean up my inbox. An impossible feat, I tell ya! But this means that I have more time to sleep now - which is always a great thing (grin)

Debbie - I don't know what kind of soft foods Kevin likes. It's sad to say, but his tastes have changed since joining the Army. I know he liked that "easy mac & cheese" stuff from Kraft and pudding of course. I really just don't know what's out there and I need to go to the store to scope the situation out. If anyone has any ideas - throw them at me. Anything soft or even going into the medium soft stage.

Sherri - I know you are retired now - so hop on a plane and visit! I would love to have ya' (and anyone else that is close enough)

Which reminds me - to the person who's daughter is at USF - stop in next time you are down and to Mary Ann - the same goes for you. Stop by in Feb when you are here visiting your daughter in Clearwater again.

Heck - we'll just have one great big party! LOL!