Groggy, but good

When I came in this morning Ryan was (basically) strapped to the bed. I could tell by looking at the restraints that he had been trying to get up - which the nurses confirmed. After I left last night he had a bit of a rough night; very restless/anxious, kept wanting to get up to use the bathroom, & he pulled out his NG tube 3 times (I can't believe they didn't strap his arms down after the 1st time! I would have!). They gave him some sedative-type medications which helped calm him, but they also resulted in his being groggy & pretty out of it until just a few hours ago. Now that those are out of his system, he's back to where he was yesterday. The attending physician said that they will start giving him something to help him sleep at night, so that should help enormously.

He's doing great, speaking pretty well, but very softly, so it's a little hard to understand & hear him. He keeps trying to get me to sneak him some water (or whatever it is that I'm drinking), &, of course, I keep refusing. Whenever I, or the nurses, go to suction him he asks to do it himself, & he's manages to fairly well. They've already put the orders in for him to be transferred to a regular floor bed, but it may take a day or 2 for a bed to open up. We had him in a chair for a while today (& he was in one for a while yesterday), but he's not quite ready to walk on his own. Physical & occupational therapy are going to start working with him daily as of Monday, so hopefully he'll be up & about soon.