Day 28 of Jim's Recovery

Okay, so I have been really excited to tell you all about Dad's angel, but yesterday's blog was so long I had to wait until today. Yesterday I was just chatting with Dad and we got on the subject of him falling down the stairs. Dad can not remember anything from the accident, or being in the hospital. It seems like his memory will only go back a couple days, obviously his short term memory is still affected. I was telling Dad about his fall and my perspective on what had happened. Then just to tease Dad I said "So did you have an out of body experience?" "What did heaven look like?" He smiled and said he didn't have an out of body experience. Darn it I was hoping he could tell us something cool about the other side.

Then Dad said "But I did have that guy that sat with me on the thing..." I assumed Dad was talking about a doctor or nurse. He said it wasn't a doctor but that they guy was from across the... It took Dad a minute to think of the word "sea." I thought Dad was talking about a doctor that looked like he was from India. So I said "Oh, your doctor from India." He said no. "The guy had an accent and was from...Ireland," Dad final figured out the correct words. Well I couldn't remember any doctors or nurses with an accent or from Ireland. So I asked him where the guy was sitting again. Dad couldn't think of the word. Then I thought perhaps it was a doctor I didn't know. So I asked Dad if it was a doctor that took an x-ray or MRI. He said no. Finally, Dad remembered the word "bed." He said "there was a guy with an accent from Ireland, with red hair, that sat with Dad on his bed."

Okay, now here is the twist for those of you who don't know our ancestry, we are from Ireland. Dad's Grandfather Crowley was from Ireland, Court County to be exact. Anyone know if he had red hair? (Hee Hee) Pretty cool, huh? Well, I think so at least. Dad didn't say much after that and knowing Dad if you ask him about it he will only poo-poo the idea of an angel. Dad has never believed in any unexplainable events. But I know someone was there with Dad. A guardian angel, or a relative, who knows? Perhaps it was only a trick of the mind because it was dealing with such severe trauma. I'm leaning more towards a guardian angel or relative. Energy is everlasting.

So anyways, I thought that was really cool. Well, today not much happened. Erin and I visited Dad around 1:00PM. Dad keeps asking when he can go home, of course. We think it will be this Saturday. Dad's contract will be up on Friday and we were told he would be discharged on Saturday. But with head trauma patients, if they are exhibiting progress the hospital will take them back and continue with physical therapy until they feel he can go home safely. So we aren't sure if Dad will be coming home on Saturday or going back to the U.

Also, head trauma patients have their ups and downs as they progress. They will go up the coaster of progress then decline. Dad isn't declining but we are hitting a downward slope. Dad gets extremely exhausted very easily. He says he doesn't understand why he will all of a sudden feel overwhelmingly tired. He asked Erin and I to leave he was so tired. It's good that he is asking us to leave though, instead of trying to stay awake. So if Dad does come home on Saturday we would love to start having visitors but we will have to limit visit times to 15-20 min. Those of you who are visiting now please try not to stay more then 20 min. We have to give Dad's brain a wind down period. Thanks all.