Wednesday, May 14, 2008

We moved rooms today. . . again! Mark was moved to a double room for the second time since we have been here. We have been back in the single room for the last month and now we have been moved again. Mark's current roommate is being discharged next week, so who knows what will happen then. Mark is technically an isolation patient because he has MRSA in his nose. He can only room with someone with the same condition (and there are quite a few). They are allowed out of the rooms and mingle in the population, but if a nurse or anyone goes into the room they are supposed to gown up and put on gloves. It's kind of a goofy rule, but the object is not to spread it from patient to nurse to another patient. Anyway, I always joke about Mark having to room with someone with the same "cooties" as he has. I am just waiting for the day when they need another double room for two clean patients again, and put us back in a single. It's goofy. Jess and I have redecorated several times already, and it's starting to get old.

He did real well in physical therapy today. He was able to slide himself out of the wheelchair and sit on the side of the mat. Then he was able to get himself down to his side and roll over to his stomach. He did the whole maneuver without any help from the therapists. Unfortunately, he was still in a lot of pain during the mat work, but getting there was a wonderful step to see.