28 days have passed since ‘D’ day. Catherine and I talked about this briefly today sitting beside his bed. It is hard to believe a month has passed and we have survived this torture let alone Darryl. Someone once said to me that you should live each day as if it’s your last, because one day you will be right! Makes sense I suppose. No doubt at all that Darryl wrung each day dry and didn’t waste time wondering ‘if’. Ironic given that all I can do is wonder ‘if’.
Darryl had a fairly good day today and was quite responsive when in his more awake states. Two weeks ago we were overjoyed that Darryl was able to give a single squeeze of the hand on command. Now he is able to touch his nose, lift and move his left arm and communicate quite clearly his wants and needs with his famed thumbs up. Progress is being made. I just wish he wasn’t still asleep while it was occuring.
I know he has a lot of pain in his head and must be more frustrated than anyone, but even through that he is working away wanting to come back. Time is needed, I keep telling myself that. I just wish I would listen!!
In the main I have become used to dealing with the ‘don’t knows’ which really hurts as I don’t want to get used to this and somehow make it normal. But the reality is that you have to develop a fairly thick skin to weather the storm, let alone the storming Darryl has been doing. I feel Darryl is clawing his way back and the brain may be slowly relinquishing it’s iron grip on unconsciouness. It is just not an instantaneous process where suddenly his eyes open and he is back to the land of the living. He is having to fight for every inch, but that is what life is all about I suppose. Anything worth having is worth working for.
Thank you all for being there for him and us and sharing some of the burden we bear. We have no choice in the journey but it is one we are not travelling alone and for that we are grateful.
It is a month since this event shattered what was our ‘normal’ life. I hope in another month I can tell you all of a normal life that has become a celebration.
Mike
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