Volpone
Zombie Hunter
Another day in the books. A quick snark and then an update:
One of the things about my friend that annoys me is that he is a multitasker. The best example is the day of surgery. They kept him overnight so I checked in on him as soon as he was out of recovery and then he asked me to come back later that night. Got in at 8. Front desk guy said visiting hours ended at 9. He wanted to watch a movie. So of course he ignored the 2 that I expressed interest in and picked maybe the one I was *least* interested in (nope, 2nd least interested in, now that I think about it). So I'm stuck there, watching a movie I don't even want to watch while he's responding to texts and facebooks on his phone and periodically looking up to ask what is going on in the movie. Pick one thing and do it instead of failing to do 2/3 of what you're trying--much of which isn't even important.
OK. That out of the way, things continue to go well. Over halfway through what I committed to and he continues to show marked improvement every day. Maybe best of all, he's got a personality and a sense of humor again. The first night he was home he was just a tired scared injured animal. He's back to being a human again. Having to cheat less and less on his rehab exercises, getting more and more independent and confident, walked 4x as far as he did the day after he got home--and with more strength and stability. Again, I'm too superstitious to make forward predictions, but to date things have gone better than I could've dreamed.
One of the things about my friend that annoys me is that he is a multitasker. The best example is the day of surgery. They kept him overnight so I checked in on him as soon as he was out of recovery and then he asked me to come back later that night. Got in at 8. Front desk guy said visiting hours ended at 9. He wanted to watch a movie. So of course he ignored the 2 that I expressed interest in and picked maybe the one I was *least* interested in (nope, 2nd least interested in, now that I think about it). So I'm stuck there, watching a movie I don't even want to watch while he's responding to texts and facebooks on his phone and periodically looking up to ask what is going on in the movie. Pick one thing and do it instead of failing to do 2/3 of what you're trying--much of which isn't even important.
OK. That out of the way, things continue to go well. Over halfway through what I committed to and he continues to show marked improvement every day. Maybe best of all, he's got a personality and a sense of humor again. The first night he was home he was just a tired scared injured animal. He's back to being a human again. Having to cheat less and less on his rehab exercises, getting more and more independent and confident, walked 4x as far as he did the day after he got home--and with more strength and stability. Again, I'm too superstitious to make forward predictions, but to date things have gone better than I could've dreamed.