Well, the swallow test did not go real well. But, Bill took the news well and the speech pathologist we talked to was able to put it in terms that Bill could understand. He said that he's right on the edge of being ready for food but he thinks he should work really hard on tongue and swallow exercises and then have another study.

Bill was really tired by the time we got back. He had a packed morning and didn't really get started until after 10. There's been a problem with the laundry and there have been no clean towels and washcloths when the day shift comes on. Of course the therapists want to start about 9 and if he can't get cleaned up it puts everything behind. Speech therapy did it while he was still in bed and then he finally got a shower. He was just getting into his chair and they wanted to pre-medicate him for a dressing change, even though it was not the vac. They were just going to do another "wet to dry" which means they soak gauze in saline and pack the wound and then cover it with lots of dry gauze. I didn't want him medicated because it makes him drowsy and silly and I didn't want anything to jeopardize his test. So they did it without any meds and he did fine. Then we did some OT and got back to his room in time for a breathing treatment. He hates those and just barely puts it to his lips, but he gets enough in that it breaks everything up in his throat and he starts coughing. That probably didn't help in the study, but who knows.

As soon as we got back he got pre-medicated because the container came for the vac and as it was working, he did a little PT. When the meds kicked in he got into bed, got his "food" connected and his wound finished. He was ready to take a snooze so I took the opportunity to sneak out. Not that I was sneaky, both of our cell phones were acting up and mine quit working completely. So I left to go to the AT&T store. Thankfully the problem was with the ATT network and not the phone. The tech got it working again and told me what to do if it happened again. The network is being upgraded to 4G so they are really playing around with it. But, since I'm about 6 months away from being eligible for an upgrade I didn't have to spend a lot of money since I just bought my new glasses yesterday!

So, need to get Bill's laundry going . Stopped off and ate on the way home since it was early so I have the whole evening somewhat free...except for laundry!