Friday was a big day for Spencer, he sat up in an xray machine and they gave him things to swallow and watched where it went, if it was good, he could have the tube out of his nose and start to take mushy foods. he passed the test, and the nose tube came out, then he asked if he could watch a copy of it on the computer, they said NO ONE had ever asked to see that before so they said they would try! About 2 hours later Julie his speach therapist came to his room and he watched the tape of his test! Only Spencer would want to do that! Then when he came back to his room PT was there. Oh ya... spencer hasn't slept in 3 days so finally with a little help he took a nap.

spence was moved from the ICU to another floor tonight. this is where they will start with the rehabiltation to try to get his left side going. got a story to share,actually had a couple but this is the only printable one.

we will start with morphine is a wonderful thing. Carter had brought his report card in (straight A's) and spencer's doctor wanted to see it. spence gave him the report card and when the nurse came in the doc told her it was his grades from spence. to which spence replied "oh yeah i just printed it out of my ass"

Hey everyone! Last night (Feb. 4th), Spencer's breathing tube was removed. He was having trouble at first breathing on his own but he's doing good now. He's been talking up a storm and even tried to solve his rubik's cube with one hand. Continue to keep Spence in your prayers and good thoughts!

spence had another machine removed today. it was one to cool his body temp while it had warm air to keep his skin warm. actually a cool idea but he hated it and i dont blame him. unfortunately his temp rose after stopping this so we will see what happens. I think the big one for him is the breathing tube,which does not allow him to talk and they have to keep him sedated to use. I could sense a frustration with him today.
We were warned this was going to be a long process so we are happy with any progress on the postivie side. It may be baby steps but we will take them with a smile.

To everyone: Thank you for all you've done and god bless.

Today, Spencer looked great ! His brain monitor was taken out and he no longer looks like Tinky Winky (purple teletubbie). He has been opening his eyes more and staying awake a little longer each day. He still has the breathing tube in but they are slowly taking him off it. He loves hearing what people have been saying on the blog and he really misses everyone. Keep the messages and prayers coming!
PS If anyone has some good pictures of faces of friends/family drop them off at our house or give them to Liv at school. Thanks!

the roller coaster goes on

the first night we were at the hospital we warned or at least given a heads up, about the up and downs of recovery by the the wife of a gentlemen who had been there 16 days. the last 2 days have both and up and down.

thursday night into friday morning we were hoping the docs would take out spence's breathing tube. sometime late friday morning he had trouble breathing,something about his O2 coming in but his lungs not able to prosess it. the docs feared he may have clots in his lungs, not nearly as severe as having one in your carotid artery, but no picnic either. They inject dyes and take pictures by computer to screen for this. We have not gotten the full results back yet but all prelimary pictures show that as far as clots go he is clear. What he does have though is pneumonia in both lungs. Sounds SUCKY but it is better than clots and actually common in hospital patients who are not up and about. Because he is lying 24/7 that is where everything settles.

I know some of his friends wanted to visit this weekend but because of this pneumonia that is not a good idea. i promise i will let you know when it is time.

They did one other test today to test his heart called a TEE (and no it didn't involve a golf ball) to see if maybe thats where the blood clot came from. I saw the doc who did this test today around mid afternoon who told me that the results of the test showed he had a perfect heart.
I had to tell him, Well DUH!!! all you needed to do was look at the postings on his blog to realize he has a perfect heart.

Myself,spence's mom,brother,sister, and extended friends and family love reading your get well wishes and comments. Please keep them going and yeah the prayers and good thoughts too.

Last night David again loosed up the restraint and not only did we get hugs, as a joke my mom asked him to scratch her back and he did! Banannie and Spencer since he was little have always scratched each others backs! As usual... Spencer is comforting us!