Saturday Afternoon

Saturday Afternoon

2:00pm: Jeff and Deann Stratton arrived at the hospital, as well as Dave Branham and Tom & Royce Tait. Deann isn't into needles/blood/surgery/hospital-type stuff, so she walked in the room and kissed his forehead, then waltzed right back out! Matt held up a conversation with Dave a little (he'll be back tomorrow), and Jeff a little more. His friend from Ameriflight also stopped by, Simon, and had a small chat. Matt's still sleepy and in-and-out today, so this was nice to see him talking a little.
2:30pm: He got ready for a shower; they have removed most of his IVs now so this is possible. Jen asked him if he would rather have male or female nurses, and he said "I'll do it myself". Jen then said "oh no, that's not going to happen. Even if you're in a chair, you must be assisted. How about Starr? Will you let her help?" He didn't say anything, so she took that as a yes and told me that I get to be in charge of that since she would do it, but he might get a little embarrassed with the whole brother sister thing.

He returned back to bed, obviously tired from walking to the shower and back to his room, but he feels a bit better. The right side of his face is still swollen and he says his right eye feels puffy. It is starting to bruise a tiny bit. He hasn't eaten much and doesn't feel like eating. They are trying to get him to eat because they have a transfer in to move him to a regular room but he needs to be eating more food first. Things are still looking good with his tests and he is passing all the OT questions and can move on his own. The therapists are worried about his use of stairs when he gets home. His mom and dad will be coming back to Idaho Falls with us in their own vehicle to help him with the recovery process. Right now, if everything goes well, and continues to improve, he might be released as early as Monday. It is all up to Matt and how each day goes.