Brad's update!

 

BRAD with Catherine, his  favorite OT (Occupational Therapist)! Doesn't he look GREAT???????

WOW,  see what a difference one day (and some good red blood!) can make?????!!!!!!!! AND what a HUGE difference after 2 units of BLOOD makes! Brad certainly looked like a different person today!!! I am putting the only picture of Brad I made yesterday b/c he was so sick I didn't want to bother him! You can see him lying in bed aftter his fall yesterday (and Michael playing around on his crutches, YES, his FALL. More on that below).

Also there are some pix of Kemp that we took of yesterday! KATIE has been a life saver, too! She's been with Kemp almost the entire time. This is so funny, he told her today, "Cutie, I sure have enjoyed spending this time with you!!!!" Isn't he precious?! Of course, Aunt CUTIE bought him a new Thomas the Train addition (Diesel 10!) yesterday because he has been "a perfect little angel" , Aunt Cutie says!

O.k.< back to Brad!!! And his" horrible, terrible no good , very bad day" yesterday!!!

As I SAID, Yesterday was NOT a good day at all, he actually fell during his rehab yesterday b/c he blacked out! He was walking for the first time and suddenly got dizzy. He started to sway and they grabbed him but he hit the chair. Hard. He had to have an X-RAY to make sure he didn't mess up his hip when he hit the chair! (Yes, there was a tech behind him and she grabbed him but he still hit the chair and blacked out!). It scared us all half to death and he looked worse yesterday than the day of surgery! We were all so worried. After "the episode" , and looking over his blood work, they decided his blood was so low that he needed some blood.

 FAST FORWARD TO THURSDAY MORNING!!!!!!Overnight he got it and by the time we got there today, his cheeks were blushing with color and he was grinning!!!!!! BRAD WAS BACK!!!!!!!!!!! not only that, but around 10, he sat in a chair! He sat there for several hours until the PT (Physical Therapist) got there to help him walk a little! She made Nat follow behind him with a chair (JUST IN CASE!!!). He did great. Then, back to bed to do leg lifts, etc. There are so many "do's and don't's". GOOD GRIEF!!! OF COURSE, Brad knows ALL his nurses/nurses aids/ Therapists/Housekeeping people BY NAME!!!!! OF COURSE they all love him and love his accent, too! They said "he's our favorite patient". Of course he would be!! We had a few visitors today as well as 2 ministers to pray with him. All those prayers are certainly being answered as he is just doing incredibly!!!!!!!!!We are so thrilled and happy that our AUSSIE is doing so well!!!!!! MORE TOMORROW!

P.S. Be sure and check out the pix NATALIE "washing" Brad's hair! That was the FUNNIEST thing ever!!!!!!!!!!!