The Weekend of Waiting

With Gene home with the rest of the children, I was alone with Aaron for the weekend.
It was slow going, yet encouraging. He was unable to eat, due to the trauma of vomitting, and due to the NG that had been in place. He was making slow progress with taking fluids.

Aaron was beginning to get up to use the bedsice commode, but still had the foley cath in place. He was incredibly weak, and it took two people to help him transfer to the potty.

At one point, he realized he was not wearing underwear, and was not happy about it. I laughed with joy, and felt this was a good sign of his improvement. There was a time, not so long ago, that he would not have cared, but he had recently become more modest. Not being in control of this situation with the underwear did not make him happy!

The week end was quiet. Continued blood work, and trying to eat. And waiting to see if I noticed any impairments from the cardiac arrest. Each day showed progress, from morning to evening, I noticed a difference.

His kidney function had returned to normal, and his heart was in sinus rhythm.

Aaron wondered what they had on his ear lobe, so I took a picture so he could see his fancy ear ring. He looks like he is sleeping, but he is awake, just very weak.

Aaron's first time out of bed. Looks pretty good, all things considered.