Well, the pain was less this morning and much better by this afternoon. He was able to get through his therapies just fine, with a little added help of more morphine, but not much. All the doctors are happy to have him in casts and believe the next set and the ones after that will be much less painful. He did have a rough night, however. Everyone was so worried about him that the physical therapist even called the nurse twice in the middle of the night because she couldn't sleep.
Speaking of sleep, I am looking forward to a good night's sleep myself. I asked for a room change because they are doing construction here. There is an access road here on the grounds that is very busy during the day and they close it at night to lay pipes, etc. They use heavy construction equipment from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. every night except Saturday. My old room overlooked this road and I was awake a lot. Sunday night was the worst and I only had three hours sleep. On top of the construction noise, the trucks, etc. beep when they back up!! Awful! Last night we think they turned the beepers off because it was better, but they moved my room to another one a little further away. Hopefully, it will be better.
Mark had some Cleveland visitors today. One of the pipe band members and his wife came to see him. They are visiting family here in Tampa. Mark was delighted to see them. They brought him CDs, t-shirts and an electronic practice chanter. He is moving his left arm so much better, that we hope he will be able to play it soon. Everyone was surprised to learn Mark was a bagpiper! He promise the doctors he would play for them before he leaves!
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
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Oh Anne,as if you dont already have enough to keep you awake at night !!! Good move to change your room ,hope that works out better (for everyone). So good to hear that the pain is less for Mark.Please tell him we look forward to his Bagpipe performance. xx
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