December 27th, 200

After PT, David was ready for his lunch. He loved the natural yogurt smoothie, 1/3 of a banana, and some raviolis. He ate maybe 1/4 of what he should! Pray that his stomache continues to grow. About 4 pm he was hungry again and ate a small dinner. I talked to Dr. Scott today about David's shoulder hurting. He convinced me that it is because of the spasticity. If it were the HO, then David's shoulder would stop at a certain spot, and his range of motion wouldn't be improving. With all the imaging, he said a fracture would have shown up before. He is waiting for David to be able to take the Botox shots to help the spasticity.
David told the nurse today a couple times that she was hurting his shoulder (not on purpose: she was raising it so I could put deoderant on him). We were so happy to have him tell us instead of hitting! The team came up with a hand signal for David to use when he needs something or someone to stop, for a break or because he is hurting. When he is too tired to talk, he can use the hand signal. Also, the sedation is being cut by a third which we will see a difference maybe by tomorrow.
I also asked about why the rooms don't have handicapped sinks in them. David can't reach the sink in his wheelchair. I guess that hasn't been noticed before. Dr. Scott said he will talk to the director soon about that.
Patty