Day 9: Friday the 10th on the 12th

Charlie is now in his room on the 12th floor and, although this is a report of "Day 9" from a certain point of view, it's a report about Day 1, his first full day in the IRU.  

The routine here is he is assigned a nurse and he also gets a visit from a doctor each day. I think the doctors are physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM & R) docs, also known as physiatrists. He is given a schedule where he spends time with a physical therapist and an occupational therapist. The plan is that he is going to have 3 hours a day of therapy on weekdays, 2 hours on a Saturday and a therapy free day on Sunday.

On Friday (aka Day 9 aka Day 1a) he was with Aly in the morning and Henry and I came at 2pm to swap out. I got the low down from Aly, particularly that the door to the unit is outside the door of the room and it clicks shut loudly all night long. Writing this on Saturday, I can confirm this to be true. Thankfully, Charlie sleeps through it.

The dressing has been removed from Charlie's incision but I will spare you the photo. It's about 6 inches long and Charlie (who asked to have a picture taken so he could see) thinks it looks like a worm.

In other news, Charlie and I spent some fun time on Friday making a stop-motion video that he wrote, directed and edited. 

These updates are going to be a little repetitive, I think, but the aim is to record his progress. Currently it is painful for him to stand because it's painful for him to fully straighten his legs. He is still following Spinal Precautions. 

I will leave you with the view from his room for the next few weeks;