I arrived at the hospital around 6:30pm this evening, so I expected Jason to be asleep and to stay that way for most of my visit. Lucky me, though, he decided to wake up around 8, and I was very pleased to find that he was just as snarky as ever! We had been told that since he passed his swallowing test he would be eating pureed chicken and greens, but since it was his first night back on "real" food, he was spared that particular delicacy. He didn't want anything to do with the applesauce we had for him, but his nurse brought him some chocolate ice cream that he was very excited about.
Isabel started feeding him, and Peggy and I were nervous that he would fall back asleep mid-bite and choke on the ice cream, but Jason told us: "I won't choke. I'm an expert, don't worry."
He kept saying "everything hurts on me!" so his nurse brought him some Tylenol to take with his ice cream. He tried to chew the first pill, and I told him not to, but then it just sat around in his mouth, dissolving and probably tasting terrible. He was told that he needed to swallow the pill, to which he replied: "give me more ice cream". It took him a while to swallow it, and we told him several times that he needed to do it, and every time he had something to say right back to us. "I can do it, gimme more ice cream" "I wish you nags would stop bothering me" and "yeah, yeah" are some of the best ones.
After he finally managed to finish his ice cream and swallow his pills, Isabel and I were asking him some questions. I remarked that he sounded like Pedro, a character in the movie Napoleon Dynamite and Isabel asked him what movie Pedro was from. Jason said that he knew, but didn't want to talk about it. We asked him again, and he finally grumbled "All the little Mexicans". I asked him if he knew how old I was, and his first guess was 17, then 15, then 25, and then "who knows?"
When Isabel was rubbing his back, he said "I guess I gotta get out of here, babe." She asked him how he thought he could do that, and he said "A buggy. A wagon or something."
I'm so encouraged by his attitude, and I can't wait to see what snark is yet to come!
Danielle
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Its encouraging to know that Jason's getting better. .....a buggy, wagon, or something...yea, that's Jason alright. Thank you for the updates!
ReplyDeleteMichal
It's great checking the blog every morning and evening to read the latest installment in the exploits of Jason, and to hear that he's doing so well!
ReplyDeleteNancy S.
Ditto what Nancy S. said! Fun to read about Jason's wise crack responses...I think of that little boy I met way back when (in the red cowboy hat) and think to myself, "This all makes perfect sense!"
ReplyDeleteLove to all,
Roseann