July 12, 2008

Today was a pretty quiet day spent mostly at the hotel. This morning, they did have to go to the hospital for physical therapy, but they did wound care and the second physical therapy session at the hotel. They all went to lunch together at a buffet place so that Chris could have a wide range of choices of acceptable foods. This was Chris' first public outing and went pretty well. Since Chris' body is consuming so much energy to heal, he needs all the calories he can get. For this reason, he still has to be hooked up to the feeding tube at night. Every four hours during the night his parents have to flush the tube and refill the bag. With first night jitters, Tiff had a few struggles with the feeding machine, which made for a long night. Now that they have all the bugs worked out, though, tonight should go better. Sam spent the day hanging out with the Hyatt's and will return to Carlin tomorrow.

Tomorrow should be another quiet day, but Monday will be busy with another swallow test and a doctor's appointment.