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BY ORDER OF THE AUTHOR - Wendell Berry's introduction to Jayber Crow.
This article was posted to Jayber on 26 June 2005 by to the following categories: Family, Family.
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Brian got moved to his own room yesterday. It's the next step from ICU where he no longer needs his vitals checked constantly. For this, and the fact that there isn't so much noise and beeping around him, we're thankful. It's a more restful place.
Brian continues to heal, and there are no infections. He's doing such a great job. He's even more alert today than he was yesterday, but is periodically experiencing hallucinations from the morphine.
Today, the physical therapists put a boot on Brian's left foot to try and stretch the muscles. Quickly, we learned that the morphine that Brian was on, was not enough. They removed the boot, and put him on some different narcotics, which are helping the pain better.
Please pray that the doctors keep on top of the pain, by giving him adequate prescriptions, that he resists infection, and that the I & D (irrigation and debridement) operation he's having tomorrow would go as smoothly as it did on Friday.