Can We Skip to Day 14 Yet?

Ok, I'm ready to be 2 weeks ahead from now! Last night was pretty rough for Ben. Between the pain and the blood pressure cuff going off every 15 minutes he barely slept. The doctor came in this morning and removed his head dressing, which Ben said was instant relief and helped him to breath so much better. He has now started drinking a little apple juice through a syringe. He is still pretty swollen, but they have given him a steroid that has really helped a lot and he looks a little less puffy. I sit here in amazement at what the doctors have been able to do! Ben keeps trying to bite his back teeth together because it is such a new feeling for him to be able to do that. He still can't really tell that much of a difference just yet because of the splint in his mouth and because he is still pretty numb, but I think he can definitely tell something is different. He's still on a tiny bit of oxygen but we are hoping to ween him of that soon.

 Here is my handsome man today! It's hard to tell in the picture that the head dressing is off since he has ice packs and a wash cloth on head. Regardless, he looks amazing and his progress thus far is incredible. Plan for today is to try and get him eating a little bit and get him up walking. We are still just waiting to see if we will go home today or stay another night. For now, I'm hoping Ben will be able to get some rest as he is completely exhausted.