Living in Limbo

Last night I stayed with Alistair, so I wasn't able to post an update. This morning will be short as I will write a more thorough one tonight.

Yesterday was a fine day. The hospital is quiet on the weekends, not as much hubbub going on. It's good and bad. Judy went to the grocery store and bought some delicious, FLAVORFUL items for Alistair to eat. His food he gets on his try, for the most part, is not great and not a lot of flavor! I wouldn't want to eat much either! He still has to have thickened liquids, but I think he is almost to the point where he might be able to have regular liquids again. His food needs to be soft, like yogurt, pudding and applesauce. So it is a bit of a challenge to find stuff for him!

Alistair had PT and OT yesterday. The first time was just in his room, the second time we took him outside. We actually got outside twice yesterday. I think that helped with sleeping last night. I think he had a much more restful night and slept more and definitely rested more. I tried to not engage with him and reminded him that it was sleeping time. He was still sleeping this morning when Seth arrived to relieve me to go home and nap and shower.

The big question continues to be when we are leaving. Alistair has pretty much been cleared to leave on this end of things and Children's is ready to accept him...when they have a bed. The house is full apparently. There will be a call made this afternoon and they will have a better idea of bed availability then. Keep everything crossed that this is the case. Alistair desperately needs to get home, assessed and admitted into in patient rehab. I don't want to waste precious recovery time waiting. The therapists here are being great and getting him moving and working with him. And they will continue to do so until he goes.

More tonight.