Day One

To begin, I plan to use my blog to share James' progress and will post updates daily. I know as word begins to spread people will want to know how he's doing and how we're doing, this will be the best place to get this information.

The last 24 hours have been a whirlwind. Our family experienced the kind of day no parent ever wants to have. James had a terrible accident. He took a serious fall and fractured his skull causing pressure on his brain. He received emergency neurosurgery to repair the fracture and relieve and pressure and swelling on his brain. The surgery lasted about 2 hours, which felt like an eternity. The surgery went well and James was now resting comfortably. They removed a portion of his skull to allow for any swelling to take place. His injury is a left temporal parietal fracture which has a fronto-temporal parietal craniectomy in place. 

 

Overnight James did well, all his vitals remained stable with no real issues to report. This morning they gave him a follow up CT Scan and from what I'm told the swelling was less than expected. He did well throughout the day and has remained stable with no remarkable issues. He has been making purposeful movements, especially when he is agitated, such as any unexpected movement by the nurses. The nurses laugh that he goes from zero to sixty and he's even earned himself some soft restraints. 

 

Today has been a long day. A long one at the beginning of many is what I'm told. No one has answers on how long his journey will be or if there will be any deficits when he wakes up. I'm keeping my strength up as much as possible and looking forward to the small things like him opening his eyes, talking and most especially holding him.

Currently I am sleeping at the hospital nearby to James, while Al and Nate are home. We are trying to keep things as normal as possible for Nathan. He has yet to see James in his current condition, he saw him Saturday when we brought him in. Children's Medical has been wonderful working with him and making sure he understands what is going on. We plan on having a child services representative meet with Nathan tomorrow prior to seeing James for the first time. 

We're taking things day by day. Minute by minute.
More tomorrow. 💙

Just not quite ready to snap a picture of how he looks.