vicariously chris

I have been to see Chris a few times this week and he is making progress.
His language skills and physical abilities are getting stronger...
quite remarkable considering where he was at only weeks ago.

Chris is trying to manoeuvre through the implications of his stroke which can be quite overwhelming at times, but I am encouraged by his resolve to get out of the hospital and go home. He has definitely had enough of being away from his own space.

He complains of not being able to get enough rest at night because of all the noise...which sounds odd because we think of hospitals as "quiet spaces" but when you are sharing a room with other patients (I think this is roomate number 5?) there are coughs, moans, beeping machines, intercoms, and various caregivers coming and going at regular intervals...who need to communicate and be understood so they usually TALK LIKE THIS.

Nothing terrible to report on the medical side the MRI and other tests have been regular so that is good. Chris recently talked to his Father and out-of-town siblings on a cell phone...which was brilliant...so maybe he'll feel up to talking to some other people soon.

He is still quite self conscious about being talked about and gets mad at me if I check the bedside journal while he is pretending to sleep :) He also has Batlike audio sensory so you can't even whisper things in the room that you don't want him to hear..
he hears everything!

Chris is getting wheeled out-of-doors by his steadfast Aid and biggest supporter, his Mom, who is there nuturing him every single day. She is quite proud of how well his physical and mental conditioning are coming along.
Chris is very lucky to have her, she is a Force Of Nature in action.

As I mentioned earlier, Chris is entering a routine and he continues to improve (ever-so-slightly) on a day by day basis, so these posts will be less frequent. The other "thing" is that as Chris becomes more cognizant of how much I'm blabbing about his recovery, the odds are pretty good that he'll get pissed off with me.
Most of you know that Chris is a fairly private person and when he finds out about this Blog, he will kill me!


Anyway, until that day arrives, I'll try to sneak out snippets about his recovery.