Saturday

Jason has had a busy morning! Around 8, he got a new roommate, who was very loud and also very incoherent. Jason was irritated when he went to get his left shoulder x-rayed, and when Isabel and Peggy showed up around 9, he told them that he was on a cruise ship full of immigrants. He is sometimes disoriented, and it must have been frightening to think that he was the only one who spoke English, but he has acknowledged that he is in a hospital. He does have reason to believe he is among foreigners, though, because he is! One of his doctors has an accent, during his x-ray there was a Russian man also getting x-rayed, and his newest, calmer roomie only speaks Bosnian!

He ate breakfast and lunch, though he complained a lot about the quality of his meals. He is supposedly scheduled for another swallowing evaluation today which might clear him for solid foods, but we gave him some watermelon and tofu and he chewed that just fine. His appetite for the watermelon was impressive, and when we told him that he needed to take smaller bites, he said "I cannot be stopped!"

We gave him a sponge bath and a quasi-hair washing, so he is cleaner and smells better then he did this morning. He also changed into real clothes, so he looks presentable. Jason is still pretty snarky and constantly makes smart-ass comments, but he is also smiling and joking with the hospital staff, surely a good sign.

Also! He read! On the white board above his bed, I wrote 'NUMBER ONE STUNNA' and he read and said "damn right!"

He is exhausted from eating so much and sitting in a chair for his wipe-down, and sleeping soundly.

Danielle