Hi Everyone!
Trevor is still in a coma. Yesterday he was moving his head a lot (like 4 times about 2 inches toward the right and adjusting sightly up and down). We were almost out the door before he spike 103 temp two days in a row and finally figured out he has pneumonia. He also as a yeast infection in his blood. Both of these infections are things that he is way more likely to get at the hospital then at home. So as long as Trevor is responding to the antibiotics then we get to take him home half way thru the antibiotic treatment. I'm thinking it'll be the end of the week.
The bed they delivered for Trevor was highly unacceptable. We love retro/vintage items and I have low expectations from Medicaid. Well this even surpassed my low expectations and it wasn't even comfortable/barely big enough for me. It was basically thick foam egg crate mattress topper. not an air mattress like we were told. His mom is taking care of that. Even if we have to purchase a bed and air mattress we will. those are non negotiable's for us. Thanks to all of the donations we are able to either a)rent one or b) purchase one.
Overall, he's doing real good. Still making little baby steps everyday toward waking up. His benefit was absolutely awesome. I was overwhelmed by just about everything. The space was at max capacity about an hour after 8 (when the event started) and was still at max capacity at midnight. Everyone is just so generous and sincerely cares about him. He's got awesome friends (including everyone on here) and the little rock community that we are involved in is tighter and sticks together more than I knew.
I just can't wait for him to get a little better and take him home. Even though it's not the place we call home, it's a new apartment that is better suited for his needs, I think he'll be more comfortable. We are working hard at recreating our little home in the new apartment.
All the support, positive thoughts, and prayers are helping Trevor. I just know it. All of that also helps me try to be the best girlfriend/nurse in training that I can be. I'm lucky to have him in my world. I have this weird since of calm about his recovery. I know it's going to take a long time but I'm confident we'll get back to the way things were. Just taking it day by day and we'll talk thru things as they come up. Maybe I'm naive or in denial, but his only option is a full recovery and I won't accept any less. I want this for us of course (selfishly) but for him to check off everything on his bucket list, like riding to Alaska and visiting all the national parks there or making it to at least base camp at Mt. Everest.
I'm going to give Ken a call know. Thanks for trying to help me track him down!
Thanks again for everything! As usual, let me know if you have any questions or if I missed anything. I really don't mind.
Felicia
