Josh is still in ICU. Doing as well as could be expected. He's very uncomfortable. He is on Morphine PCA for pain currently. If he isn't frustrated cause of the pain then it's because he can't wake up. It's a never ended circle I tell ya. He has yet to answer me on if he would rather be in pain or be sleepy....
He has had the most pain in his sternum area- from all the muscles stretching and tissue being pulled and then of course his back hurts. I have NO idea why...geesh. :) Yesterday it was hurting him really bad to be moved/rolled/shifted. Today he said it didn't hurt as much when they turned him. That's a positive! The "pain management" team (one guy) came in yesterday and did an assessment. Because the pain that Josh is experiencing is mostly nerve pain they are going to try him on neurontin (for seizures) he doesn't have seizures but it helps a lot of people especially right out of surgery with pain, because of all of the disruption that has been done to the nerves during the procedure. We'll see. My hope is that his pain will get under control and he can be on something that doesn't make him so sleepy. Even though rest is good for him he is still going to need to get up and get his muscles working, per Dr. Ching. The talk yesterday was that today Josh would be moved to a different floor. Probably back up to orthopedics where he was before surgery.
That's the story for now. Please keep us/Josh in your prayers. We've got a long road ahead of us. Pray for strength to come back into Josh's legs quickly and of course for quick healing. He is already ahead of the game with getting off the ventilator yesterday. AMEN! Also please keep Andrew and Joshuah in you prayers. There are still in Eugene with auntie and papa doing pretty good, but it's has to be hard on them...