There's no place like Ho....spital

Jami is still in the hospital and it's not really because she's sick. The wound care nurse helped us jimmy rig this contraption consisting of an ostomy bag and a gastric suction device thing (yes...very descriptive...I know). Anyways, those pump sucker things are hard to get for home use because they are different than the normal mouth suction devices. Thus, Jami has to wait in the hospital until we can get one lined up for home use. There's been some intense discussion between the medical and surgical team attending to Jami, but it's been nice because we have been getting a lot of different points of view. Part of the problem is Jami is just not normal and is fighting like a champ...that has thrown people off.

Jami is more coherent than she's been in months though. First, she's kicking my trash at Tetris (still looking for someone to beat her) and now she's trying to figure ways for me to lock myself out of my car because she's realized I have a keyless car fab thing for my Murano. It's fun to have her thinking through things again. Yesterday my mom was sick with the flu and so she was home, but my dad and Trish took Jami out for a wheelchair adventure.

She looks tired here, but it was a nice break for her to get out. We have to start training her for stamina too because my Grandma Petersen has challenged her to a walker race once the weather gets nice. Grandma is still in the care facility, but she's getting stronger so Jami needs to start training now. Grandma's heart is doing much better now and with her new knee she's going to provide some stiff competition. If this race really goes down I'll keep you posted...I'm sure it will be quite the event :)