First off, Andy, I think your first sentence above should be the opening to a novel. That said, my experience is this: My oldest daughter’s handwriting is quite illegible most of the time, which makes note […]

I’d get an OT.

Yup! He slept through the night!! (and so did I). He still has pain and light really bothers him, but he’s opening his eyes more and able to watch TV. He’s still pretty tired too, so another day on the couch.

How’d it go last night? Maybe even though he slept he’s tired still and his body needed rest through the night? I hope so!

Lots of pain, but he’s starting to open his eyes a bit tonight. He’s slept most of the day, which is good… but doesn’t bode well that he’ll sleep tonight!

That is good to hear Andy! How is he doing?

That is really awesome news, Andy. I hope the recovery is going well for you all.

so it turns out that there is NO restriction on his activity, other then no swimming for 2 weeks. As soon as he feels up for it, he can be back to his normal cartwheeling self.

I know this might sound extreme but can they prescribe a week or two of a mild sedative. We’ve used hydroxizine (sp?) for Gage when we’ve needed to take the edge off a little bit. (it’s basically an antihistamine) We have used both 10 and 25 mg and we don’t use it everyday or even [...]