An exciting morning at the hospital. Carlos came to visit for a couple of hours this morning and had Chris sitting up and talking most of the time he was there. Put the color back in his face and brightened up his affect a bit. Janet's cousins Jeanne and Jason came by for a few minutes too. Chris recognized both of them and talked to each of them. Our new sweet, sweet friend, Jamie stopped by and talked for a bit. Chris got up out of the bed and walked about 130 feet with the physical therapist and using a walker, then the pt care assistant shaved his face and washed him up a bit. Oh, he was doing so good and the progress he was making was so encouraging! Then he had a seizure :-(
The seizure was the same as what he had been having prior to the biopsy. He became very lethargic and it took about 10 minutes before the nursing staff were able to get him moved back to his bed. Once in bed, he promptly went back to sleep. The chief of Neurosurgery came in to see Chris this morning and said his incision site looks good and that some of the staples can come out soon. He said he would like to see Chris walk a couple of times around the nurse's station before he is discharged - that's why I was so excited to see him walk the distance he went this morning. I so want him home, especially for Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving dinner has always been his favorite meal.
As always, thank you to all our wonderful family and friends for your love and support, the prayers and prayer lists you have put us on, the offers of help, the cards and food. It is so important to us and we can't imagine how those without this awesome network can make it through an event like this.
Please continue to keep us in your thoughts and prayers and we will keep you in ours. CJSRJ
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Love you continue to keep you in our prayers
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Praying for you and thanks for the updates, I know they are not easy to write but we do appreciate them, Love Aunt Onetta
Janet,
Thx so much for this detailed write up. I sure hope that he will be able to come home for Thxgiving! Wouldn't that be a tremendous gift of his presence to be especially thankful for. You, Chris and your sons are all on my mind.
Warmly,
Heidi
I am tearful every time I read your updates. I cannot imagine going through this, I hurt so badly for you and wish there were not so many miles that separate us. I am praying for you all the time. I pray that God will give Chris the strength to walk so he can be home by Thursday and he will be seizure free.
Thanks for the updates.
Christine
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