Recovery
Enrique is very, very tired. He had a terrible bout of nausea this afternoon, which only dissapeared after they gave him two medications intravenously.
Travelling the 18 inches from his bed to his chair required the help of two people.
But, overall he is recovering well and not in pain. He won't be ready for visitors for a day or two, at least. Right now, when I am in his room, we barely speak at all. I ask if he is in pain or if he needs some water and that's about it.
He still has his manners, of course. Most of the talking he does is to ask how everyone else is doing and to thank the nurses, doctors and attendants who are helping him.
The silver-lining to all of this has been the family bonding. His parents and my parents have been getting along famously - chatting in the waiting room and the hospital cafeteria. I told Enrique "I think they would like each other just as much even if they could understand each other."
Travelling the 18 inches from his bed to his chair required the help of two people.
But, overall he is recovering well and not in pain. He won't be ready for visitors for a day or two, at least. Right now, when I am in his room, we barely speak at all. I ask if he is in pain or if he needs some water and that's about it.
He still has his manners, of course. Most of the talking he does is to ask how everyone else is doing and to thank the nurses, doctors and attendants who are helping him.
The silver-lining to all of this has been the family bonding. His parents and my parents have been getting along famously - chatting in the waiting room and the hospital cafeteria. I told Enrique "I think they would like each other just as much even if they could understand each other."
posted by eliot at 6:21 PM
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Linda and I bought Enrique (sr) a Mexican paper in an international bookstore in Berkeley. It was a very left of center paper that isn't on his regular reading list. We also got Enrique (sr) and Marta 2 "spanish" magazines that were actually Italian. Oh well. The parents are getting along famously. Joel
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