Gameday

All quiet here at Chez Vinny. The three of us are watching the Arkansas/LSU game, a post-thanksgiving tradition of sorts. Dad's breathing well, yawning, flinching...all wonderful things. I have the speaker turned up so he can hear the game. By the look on his face, he's not particularly impressed with Mallett's performance so far.

His hospital bed is very fancy- it's got air chambers that inflate/deflate to turn him as needed. Trouble is, it's got a short in it somewhere, so the error alarm goes off once every 15 minutes or so. Mom and I take turns hitting the cancel button. They're sending a technician in Monday to fix it, so only 1 more day of annoyance.

Monday's also the day we get a full team of doctors to do an assessment. They'll most likely order more brain scans and run a few more tests. The resp staff is going to put him on a machine that's a step down from his ventilator and see how he handles it.

...and an 87 yard punt return for LSU? Yeesh. It's only the 2nd quarter! I've got to move Dad's arms anyway, so I'll do it when they call the Hogs (for my non-Arkansas friends, ask me later. It's really best explained in person).