Today I spent some hours at the hospital, watching Howard sleep but every now and then he would wake and try to sit up and talk. It is hard to tell how much he understands of what happened to him. We continue to ask him for his name and to wiggle his toes. He usually responds to those requests then goes right back to sleep. Gets cranky because we tell him he can't get off the bed and go to the bathroom. He is off the heavy drugs but much tylenol is added to the feeding tube.
Tomorrow they will do the surgery on his feet. If they get enough of the bones in the feet and left ankle stabilized the External Fixators can be removed. We are getting closer to the time when he will be able to move around in the bed and even sit up straight.
Mike has figured out that he responds more to the grandchildren than to the middle generation. But then hasn't it always been that way?
Poor Grandpa, I'd be grumpy too!
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