Day 4

Brody's temps have gone down for now, but he still has all the other problems mention in yesterdays post. He is not his happy self as he just lays there watching movies all day.

The nurse take blood from him to check levels but he also has to have either a finger prick or needle to get blood out of his arm. He has always hated needles so this can be very difficult for both of us as i still have to hold him down to get the nurse to do it.

Any type of activity (eg. A shower or sponge bath) tries him out. Brody is not eating or drinking or swallowing his tablets any more, but he is on fluids and feeds. He has 7 different machines that are for 7 different things that go into his body. He also has his normal meds crushed and put into his nose tube at morning and night and then other meds that they add to his cords. It never stops.

We have been here for 4 weeks now and i am getting very tried, as with all these machines buzzing, nurses in and out every one to two hours, and the little bed i have to sleep on. I do not get much sleep, as soon as i fall something happens and i am awake again.

I just try to get through each day, by forcing my self to get up, and start the routine. So i don't think about to much as i would just get to confused. The first thing on my mind is Brody and by the looks of things if all goes good it will be another couple of years before we could be back to normal. BUt Brody and my family mean the world to me and i will always do whats best for them.