7/14-REALLY hard work and even more success!

Well yesterday we did even more moving around and Aaron did a great job even though it was hard on him. He is starting to be able to move around in his bed, like shift to make himself comfortable. He got REALLY good sleep last night too.
He got his catheter out near the end of the day, which is pretty huge, because now he has to make it to the bathroom to pee. A physical therapist finally came to see us and she ended up doing less with us than we did on our own yesterday! Aaron did sit at the edge of his bed for 15 minutes without help so that was huge.
Aaron's nurse worked hard for us today chasing down ortho doctors to give us permission to move ahead...which is why we got not only the catheter came out, but also the drain from his incision. That meant that his dressing had to be changed and lots of tape stuff had to be taken off, which, according to Aaron's screams was the worst pain on earth. He told me during his dressing change that he needed the police. :) He also got to have an IV line on his hand taken out so that he can start using his hand better. He still has one line in his arm for fluids, and hopefully once he is eating more the fluids can stop.
Unfortunately his blood counts continued to come back a little low so he had to have a new blood draw and get stuck again. After they did that, his blood counts came back normal. Can't say I'm sorry I was at the hotel showering for that. I also walked myself over to Fuddruckers during my break for a giant burger. It was awesome.
The most fun today was when Aaron got out of bed to get in the tiny wheelchair and play with his new remote control Mater all over the peds hallways, and even outside in the courtyard!







Dr. Lehman found us while we were playing and told us he thinks Aaron will be able to go home on Friday!!




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