So. . . that's why it hurts

Today was a day of planning, waiting, inaction and surprises. For Clare, they want to remove the feeding tube from her nose and put it in her abdomen. That surgery didn't happen today so maybe it will happen tomorrow. That means she might be moved to the long term care facility on Friday.

Kris's information is more interesting. He continues to heal and is pretty much off all pain medication and just tuffing it out. We had a meeting with the medical staff this morning and asked them many questions about Clare and Kris. They decided that Kris should visit with the trauma doctors. Kris has mentioned pretty consistently along the way how his elbow and wrist cause him pain. The standard answer is that his broken shoulder is causing the pain downstream. Well they x ray'd his wrist and found that it is broken and dislodged. So that's why it hurts. He will have it set tonight and then Tuesday they will do surgery and put a plate and screws in it. (and I thought we were done with surgeries)

Clare was restless today. She is moving around a lot more and kind of thrashing in bed. Her eyes remain closed. She did open her eyes once that the nurse noticed. As we are reminded every time a medical professional talks to us, the steps will be very slow and it will take a long time. We like every small step that we get.

9:54pm update. Annette went down this evening to be with Clare. She did open her eyes a few more times this evening.