Paul's Update - 02/18/06 and 02/19/06

Here is the update that Bobby sent while we were away this weekend. We are back now and will be back into our regular routine. By the way...in Bobby's note he mentions Munchkin ... he is Paul & Tabby's cat ... you know the one that Paul said ISN'T his cat!!! LOL

Lynne


Subject: Weekend Update

We had a real uneventful weekend with Paul. Saturday morning I was finally able to get him to respond to a few questions, but all of his answers were negative. Questions like "Are you okay?" and "Do you want to watch TV?" illicited no response. Questions like "Do you want me to put your boots back on?" were met with a head shake. Opie and Pop stopped by yesterday, and when they did he wouldn't answer or respond to any questions. Tabby brought Munchkin up yesterday, but he was a little freaked out and Paul didn't respond to him either. Last night Tabby noticed that the humidifier for his trach seemed to be malfunctioning. When she tried to point this out the night nurse became argumentative and at one point even raised her voice to Tabby telling her the machine was working just fine (even though the machine had been on the same bottle of water for nearly 24 hours. Tabby lodged her complaint this morning (after marking the bottle last night and showing it to the day nurse). The entire humidifier was swapped out for a new one this morning. Tabby reported that he seemed to cough up some "really dry stuff" and "that he may need to be suctioned more frequently this week" due to the humidifier malfunction. The day nurse also noted that Paul hadn't had a shower in some time and was taking him in for one as Tabby was leaving. Billy spent some time with Paul today. He apparently had a good visit and reported that when he discussed the possibility of Paul's first words being something to effect of referring to Billy as a felon, Paul got a big smile and even seemed to be laughing (though it's hard to tell with the trach, he said it was silent and didn't seem like a cough). Tabby just made it back from the baby shower, and will be returning to Manor Care to spend the night with Paul. Tabby will also be spending the day with him thanks to the holiday. I however have to return to work tomorrow.