October 5, 2009

I just returned from an overnight stay with Trevor. We had a quiet evening last night and watched We Were Soldiers as he dosed in and out. (Obviously I let him choose the movie.) Ü I stayed in the hospital bed next to him in his room through the night, Kalyn stayed with him the night before, and Laura before that. My first overnight stay in a hospital, only a small taste of his discomfort.

Mom made it back from VA late last night and stayed over a the Ronald McDonald House. She, Dad, and Ethan took a flight with a pilot friend of ours to return Laura to Patrick Henry Collage yesterday. They were encouraged to get out for a day to have a break from the hospital walls.

At 7:30 this morning the Doctor wanted to take Trevor to get an x-ray on his lung. The transfer from bed to cart did not go smoothly and caused quite a bit of pain to him. The mention of the possibility of needing the chest tube reinserted was very disheartening to him because he remembered the pain from the first time. He and mother were in tears on the way to the x-ray room. We made several calls and texts to friends to pray for recovery of the lung. As Trevor was saying that it was getting hard to breath and he could feel fluid still on his lung. They sat him up to have the x-ray done which caused him to feel nausious as well.

The Rehab started shortly after he returned to his room which for now consists of having him sit in a reclined chair. Today he made it to 45 degrees upright. Each time they will try to have him sit up more to get his legs used to the gravity. While he was in his chair the "Rehab lady" was talking with him about how rehab will go at HIS speed and that they will always work at his high level of tolerance to get it higher each day. She also shared some other info with us that put Trevor and Mom's mind more at ease. They have a private room open for him on the Rehab floor at Parkview and are just now waiting for clearance from the insurance company to cover the cost.

Prayer Requests for today are-

* That the insurance will cover the huge expense of Rehab that will teach Trevor how to be able to live his own life.
*That Trevor's nausea will subside when he's sitting up.
*He's also suffered from headaches whenever they move him around very much.
*Continued healing of his lung.

Thank you so much for being a part of this journey with us and acting as the hands and feet of Jesus. May God be glorified through it!

In Him,
Carly~