November 11th, 2006 by Atomictumor
OK, I’ve talked to the nurses, and with Bos and Eaves, and they’ll be kind enough to loan me their iPod to start the music therapy that has helped me so much on BJ. I’m excited about it.
It’ll still take a long time for her to come back and wake up, but I think this’ll help along the way.
Why?
Why not?
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The Head CT from today shows that the bleed is not getting worse, which confirms what we belived, but is still very, very good news. Also on the good news side of things is that her toes and right fingers look a bit better. Woot!
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This is still so weird.
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I’m getting sick of the —.
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BJ, pretty girl, I love you. Its hard to put a thought together with Pigpen shouting at one of the kids, and the commotion in the living room, but its nice.
I have brought him in for a time out. Also to sit with him for a bit. Parenting is deception half of the time, hee.
He looks like you. A manly you, or rather, a boyly you, but you nonetheless.
I love you both so much.
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I kissed him and sent him along his way.
November 11th, 2006 at 4:11 pm
mi pod, su pod
just feed and pet it on a regular basis.
November 11th, 2006 at 4:13 pm
Music sounds like an excellent idea. This website “How to look after yourself as a visitor, and things that might help”, ( http://www.addenbrookes.org.uk/serv/clin/periop/critcare/visitor_care1.html ) says (in part):
Q:Can a patient hear me when they are unconscious?
A: We think that hearing is one of the first senses to recover after sedation or a period of unconsciousness. This is why the doctors and nurses explain to patients, even when they are unconscious, what they are about to do. Some people find it comforting to talk to the patient - but do not be afraid or embarrassed. No one knows whether a loved one can hear you or not at a particular time, but it can help you to retain a connection to them ‘as a person’.
You are following pretty much all of the advice they give there. Keep it up! The rest of us are maintaining our hope and continuing to send energy her way…
November 11th, 2006 at 4:28 pm
Daily prayer for peace and healing coming your way……………
Music soothes the savage beast-even the invisible germy ones……………..
November 11th, 2006 at 5:18 pm
OOOo I am so behind the music therapy. Studies have shown that music can help brain function. Plus, who doesn’t like waking up to a little U2?
November 11th, 2006 at 6:11 pm
Uh, GAC doesn’t. I can pretty certainly say that…
November 11th, 2006 at 6:21 pm
he he he, I kinda figured.
No Brittney Spears either, I’m guessing.
(Wondering if Brittney Spears is one of those banned phrases…)
November 11th, 2006 at 8:15 pm
But you know what she DOES like… what soothes her, what makes her remember something wonderful. It can’t hurt, and may be the breakthrough she needs.
Just stay away from the Beethoven’s 9th — don’t want her thinking she’s stuck inside “a Clockwork Orange,” being that she’s the movie buff.
Bos & Eaves are the greatest.
November 11th, 2006 at 10:08 pm
AT, been thinking about you guys all day - had to work and was out of pocket, but while working (church nursery), I told others about you. You are in our prayer circle.
Music therapy is AMAZING. Simply amazing.
November 11th, 2006 at 10:17 pm
It worked wonders for me last week, Judy. Thanks for the prayers.
Netmom, yeah. I look at every song (like 1000 or so) and wonder which one she’ll wake up too.
November 11th, 2006 at 10:27 pm
I’m happy to hear the continued good news. I don’t normally get on the web on weekends - family stuff and all - but I wanted to see how you and the family were. You guys are still on my mind. I’ll wave at you and GAC tomorrow as I pass the OR Medical Center on my way to my baby’s baptism at Chapel on the Hill. Hang in.
November 11th, 2006 at 10:43 pm
oh man. i was directed to your site this evening and just read the last week’s (????) worth of posts.
all i can say is that i’m humming my soothing song in my head for you guys. (i struggle with chronic anxiety and one thing that i’ve found that soothes me/it is a ukelele version of “somewhere over the rainbow” by a hawai’ian guy — they’re using it for an organic rice crispies commercial these days.)
hang in there, AT.
November 11th, 2006 at 11:49 pm
I was talking to a friend about anxiety. My problems in the past were with depression, but never really anxiety.
Take care, Rebecca. Theres’s nothing to fear, and nothing to doubt.
November 12th, 2006 at 12:20 am
Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo’ole … “Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World”
Wistful, poignant and sweet … the tune has been featured in several movies - Finding Forrester, Meet Joe Black, 50 First Dates, several TV shows and commercials. Israel was a mountain of a man with the voice of an angel. This song always makes me a bit teary.
Prayers as always …
November 12th, 2006 at 10:47 am
AT, who knows, perhaps GAC will wake up loving her some U2. I had plenty on there…bet it’s gone now. :)
November 12th, 2006 at 11:01 am
Theres still some on there. Hell, why not?
November 12th, 2006 at 11:12 am
It might make her wake up and say, “Where’s the skip button?”
(Personally, I love U2- particularly the old stuff.)
November 12th, 2006 at 12:07 pm
That’s the spirit! City of Blinding Lights is a good song…I thought of BJ this morning while listening to that one.