8:15 visit- Melissa and I (Marla) went in first. He smiled when he heard us and pointed down to his feet for Melissa to massage them. He, then pointed to his head and moved his hands around for me to massage his head. So now he is taking advantage of us to use our skills! During our visit, he was hot, uncomfortable and more aware of his tubes. He pointed a lot to his stomach and when we asked him if his stomach still hurt he nodded yes, so the nurse added more pain medication. He was moving around a lot more and probably was trying to tell us something. The nurse suctioned out his one of his tubes and then he was a bit better. He should be getting a cool bath tonight and shift positions so his back doesn't hurt as bad.
The nurse told us that the plan was to take the breathing tube out tomorrow morning, so hopefully that will happen. It is very hard to communicate with him and he doesn't look like he likes it much.
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