THE JOYS OF DRUGS

Today was a funny day. Craig was in so much pain that they kept him on a regular schedule with his pain killers. Pain killers sure make people say funny things. It was fun to be able to laugh, too bad it was at him. I love my husband dearly and while this trial is a very hard one I am glad to have found a little bit of humor in the day.

He is still pretty much the same. It is hard for him to get in and out of bed. Having a broken collar bone on one side and a broken thumb, possibly wrist, on the other makes it hard to move period.

He had shorts on today and it was the first time I got a good look at the bruising and road rash on his legs. That alone looks very painful. I am sure it is nothing compared to the rest. I also noticed bruises all up the left side of his legs that we hadn't noticed before. He said he knows that the car hit him on the left side because that side hurts the worse. When asked what it feels like he says it feels like his bike went through him and broke off little pieces inside.

Whenever he opened his eyes this past week they seemed blank and hollow. Today and yesterday they seemed more alive. Somethings are still hard for him to remember. He remembers nothing about the accident. He doesn't even remember going for a ride that day. His long term memory seems fine it is the short term they are worried about. He tends to repeat the same things over and over. I don't know if he realizes he is doing this or not. They said that it can take three months or more for the swelling of the brain to go down. Each day he has been making improvements. Lets hope the swelling goes fully away and takes the fogginess with it, or it is just the drugs making him say funny things!