New day . . .

Dear loved ones,

Well, we hope today will be a good good [day]. Once the horrid NG tube was removed he settled down into the old Brock for the most part. We had one of our better nights. We both slept!!

Today we have a god-send. Her name is Sandy. She is Brock's nurse and she has a heart of a mom. She also happens to be the bff of one of the speech therapists; Tricia. Tricia has been here to evaluate Brock. The order never made it to the computer so we are told. Sandy just called her bff and made it happen.

Tricia absolutely will not let there be anything by mouth (NPO). So . . . for nutrients his best option is his functioning gut. This unfortunately means the NG tube. After MUCH persuasion Brock has agreed to try again. The good news is that it will be done under radiology where the 4 hour process from last night becomes a 5-10 minute procedure today and they promised sedation. So, one might ask why it was not done this way to begin with . . . well the bedside procedure is a lot less expensive than the radiology procedure and insurance makes you fail the cheaper procedure before it will pay for the more expensive procedure. Brock adamantly assured the 6 third year residents and his main Neurologist that he failed. His sense of humor remains and the room filled with laughter.

Physical therapy has been here and he has done his work. He is resting now and waiting to hear when he will go for the NG tube procedure. I will let you know how that goes.

much love,
denah