Aren't we festive??

Hellloooooooo! Just wanted to give a little update on Benjamin....and share our very festive photo with everyone. Wednesday night we slept a full 7 hours! It was very exciting! His head was hurting but it wasn't super bad. He could just tell it was beginning to hurt so I got him up, he took some pain medicine and it didn't last very long. Thursday was pretty much the same thing.
We also went on an outing! Benjamin hasn't been anywhere except for the hospital since we got back from Thanksgiving. We rode his chair down the road to Zaxby's and had a lunch date and then rode down to Publix and got some stuff to make dinner. It was fun but also very coooollllllddd. There seemed to be an exceptionally nippy breeze that day. Later that night, with our combined kitchen skills, we whipped up some stuffed mushrooms, fettuccine with sauteed mushrooms (you can never have enough mushrooms in a meal) and chicken. It was very tasty! Thursday was a fun day!
Friday Bebe (John Mark's girlfriend) and I drove home. I came home for the weekend for my mom's birthday (which was today) and I'll be going back Monday. Bebe will be coming back with me to stay for the week. We'll all be coming home next weekend for MY BIRTHDAY!!!!
That's all that's new.

This is from yesterday. Benjamin's head starting hurting again today but it wasn't as bad as it normally is. He's chilling at the apartment right now.

Back in the hosipital again.....

We're back in the hospital. Benjamin's head pain has continued and is coming more often and lasting longer. Like clock work, yesterday morning he work up a little before 5 with excruciating head pain. He says it just feels like fire from the back of his neck to behind his eyeballs. From the way he acts I believe him. Poor fellow. He acts like he is in VERY serious pain. Saturday he came to the hospital around 10. Once again it was by ambulance. John Mark had gone home for the weekend so I stayed at the apartment with Mrs.Sherri while Mr.Greg went with Benjamin. They gave him an IV and some stronger stuff that knocked him out and eased his headache. Also prescribed him stronger pain medication. His head started hurting later that day and even the stronger pain medication did not work.
Then again this morning, like clock work, around 5 he awoke again in serious pain. He took some pain medication but it didn't ease up. Benjamin was also having trouble catching his breath. We waited until a little after noon before calling an ambulance. I stayed with with Mrs.Sherri again and Mr.Greg went with him. When they checked his blood pressure it was 220/183. WAY to high. They gave him an IV to bring it down, however, it went down too much. It was like 83/over another low number I forgot. So he's staying overnight so they can monitor him. Which is where I am right now. I'm staying the night with him. He has a sinus infection so they are giving him antibiotics for that and heavy pain medication for his head.
It's weird to be in this hospital as opposed to Shepherd's because the staff isn't that aware of the care taking of quadriplegics. We're used to the staff being even more cautious than us but you can tell these nurse's weren't schooled in quad 101. I still have to turn him and do all of our other quad responsibilities just like as if we we're at home. However, everyone here is super nice and this hospital is HUMONGOUS!
I have also been sick. We have just been balls of fun this weekend. I've medicated myself with over the counter stuff and it's worked. I'm no longer congested but I have nasty cough. Besides the sickness and frequent hospital visits everything is going good. John Mark's girlfriend had a week off work and decided to come visit. I'm thrilled to increase the amount of estrogen in our apartment for a week. It'll be be nice to have a girl around.

TAH DAH!!! I came up with the most brilliant idea! We're going to do video blogs! This would our first. Benjamin had the honor of doing the first one. Hope it turns out ok. We recorded it on my camera. I can't believe I did think of it sooner.