Still Doing Well

I've been gone on a business trip in Florida. It went really well.
While I was gone James stayed with mom and dad. He had his stitches out today and the scar is still swollen but is looking good. He will be following up with the Nero surgeon later this month.
:)

Dog Park Day

We had a good day. Went to the dog park in balboa park and had fun. We met a little frenchie who only had one eye. He was very cute though.
Still doing well.

Still doing great

Today my aunt came down from orange county to see James and my grandma. We had lunch with Rachael and had our toe nails done. It was fun.

James is getting a little cabin fever and I think he is really tired of mom and I reminding him to take it easy. We'll get used to how quickly he recovers soon. :)

First Day Home

James slept and slept. I finally woke him up around noon so that he would sleep tonight. He wasn't really sleeping at the hospital so I think he had some catching up to do. My parents came home today from San Francisco where they celebrated their 29th wedding anniversary. I made chicken tacos (mom helped with the chicken) and Jeff & Dina & Rachael came over. It was nice.

When James and I were in the grocery store there was a kid who was probably eight. He asked James what happened to his head (he is not wearing a bandage over the stitches that start below his color and go most of the way up his head). James told him that he had hurt his head and the doctor had to fix it. The kid then said... that creepy. :b James laughed.

Other than that it was really an uneventful day.

Home Already!

So around 6 tonight the surgeon came in doing rounds with all of his residents. We were just on our way up from the "walk" we went on and he said, "now there's a guy who looks like he shouldn't be in the hospital any more." Then when he came in to see James he asked if he wanted to go home tonight or wait until tomorrow. So he came home. We got here about a half hour ago.
Owen was very happy to see him and I think Leo is very happy to not be working any more. Leo was getting very bored at the hospital, even though there were all kinds of people who were petting and cooing over him.
So, we are at my mom's house and the plan for now is that we will stay here until I get back from the conference I'm going to in Florida. Everyone at the hospital was very surprised. Its really great!

Leo - The high blood pressure cure!

James has had high blood pressure from the pain. I brought Leo (his bulldog/service dog) to the hospital today and ever since he has been here James' blood pressure has been lower, and closer to normal. It's really cool!

We have been really impressed with all the corpsman, they are usually on top of the things they are in charge of. Unfortunately the nursing staff has been difficult. James feels like he has to stay on top of his pain medication because they don't bring it in when it is time. Really, that is the hardest thing.

He is also having a hard time sleeping because the neck muscles are sore and he has a very hard time getting comfortable. It will get better as he heals.

Jim & Margaret (my brother in law's parents) came in to see us today. It was very nice to see them. We also go to see Randy McHaffey (a friend of James from the wounded warrior btn.) and Aqua. (another friend from Italy who now works here at the hospital.

We'll be back tomorrow. James is still receiving morphine so we expect to be here until at least Tuesday. Thank you again for everything!

Miracle Kid

Talked to the surgeon this morning he is saying that James is a Miracle Kid! Even he is very surprised at how well James is doing. :)

Its going well.

James took a few walks today. He is doing really well. we had a lot of visitors.
Rachael (my sister) , Memere & Granddad (grandparents), Jeff & Dina (family friends), Andrea (our friend), Cinci (my friend) and Ray Ray (one of our friends from Italy!). Oh and Rachael came back with Matt (her hubby) and they brought dinner with them; Thanks Guys.

It was really great to see everyone. It really makes the day go by faster to have visitors. He is still doing well, I don't think he will be out of the hospital until at the soonest Monday but even that is probably optimistic. He has Internet access but can't get on his email because the Navy blocks a lot of online email. So if you want to say hi please post a comment. If you don't want to subscribe just leave an antonymous one, but don't forget to sign your name so we know who you are.

We read all the comments that have already been left so far and it is really encouraging to James and I to know how many friends out there who are thinking of him. I'll be at the hospital again most of tomorrow so even if you can't come by you can call either of our cell phones and say hi. :)

I'll let you know how he is doing tomorrow. :)

HI All,
James is doing really well. He is asking for Leo. :)

Everything went really well yesterday and today they are thinking that he can go home as soon as he is off of the morphine. They originally told him he would have to stay for at least 5 days but he is doing really well.

I'm headed out to the hospital now. I know he would love to have some visitors so give me a call if you would like to stop by.

Thanks for all of your support. It really means a lot to both of us.

Surgery Tomorrow

So the surgery will be tomorrow. For those of you who don't know it is for a Chiari Malformation. Check out this site for more info... www.conquerchiari.org/index.htm

We will be at Balboa (Naval Medical Center San Diego) starting at 9am tomorrow and the surgery should start around 10. Mom will be there with me.

We expect James to be in the hospital for 5-7 days and if anyone wants to visit please just call or txt me and I'll let you know the room number and when he is awake.