Subject: Doctor Dwight
Hello! Today was fun! He is
still communicating very well with the yes/no card. Joe even
got him to wave bye and Joe also got him to give us a 'toothy'
smile 
.... 'ALMOST' his smile but not
natural ~ yet!! I also asked him for a high five and he gave
it to me and then stuck his hand out for a return high five!
Dwight, Joe and I were around a table working on some 'homework'
the ST and OT gave us and DWIGHT reaches out and taps on Joe's
watch .... I guess he wanted to know what time it was .. this
is the FIRST "INITIATION" of 'conversation' on his
part! Cool, huh? 
We went to the zoo and it went VERY well! 
He seemed to enjoy it. We were at the zoo for two hours ....
it was 72* with a slight breeze and very sunny.....perfect zoo
day ..... or perfect day to remove a trach!!! 
YUP .... we were loaded in the van to return to the hospital
(thankfully) and the Rec Therapist was securing another patient
and I was proceeding to put my camera away and sat down, looked
at Dwight, and VOILA! He had unhooked the left side of the velcro
collar, tossed it behind his neck and the trach was pulled out
resting on his chest!!!! 
With
a rather 'nervous' voice I go , "Ah, Lisa ... I need you
NOW!" What's wrong? 
Umm
.. Dwight pulled out his trach .... "hoh dear" .....
So she proceeded to cover it
with gauze, put towel around his neck, finished with Louise and
off we went to the hospital. She phones ahead and alerted the
nurse .... it took us about 30 minutes to get to the hospital
and in that short amount of time the Stoma (hole from the trach)
was almost completely closed!! 
With it scheduled to be removed Monday, they just put a secure
dressing on it and left it out!!!! Guess he was finished with
the trach, huh? 
It made for
a memory for Lisa ... she said she has had worse happen but never
a trach pulled!! Needless to say Dwight is MUCH more aware of
what is 'attached' to him .... and choosing to remove what doesn't
suit him! Seriously, please pray he leave
the feeding tube alone. It is the last 'attached' item left!!!!
Joe travels back tomorrow . It was GREAT having him on the
Zoo adventure! Love to all ... May God find us faithful!!
joan for us 4 
1 Cor 2:5
" so that 'our' faith not rest on the wisdom of men, BUT
on the POWER OF GOD"..... 