5th
One day at a time
Justin is feeling slightly better today. We continue to find ways to help his skin and make him a little more comfortable. There are some lotions and cremes that help. Justin usually HATES lotions, so these must be pretty helpful if he’ll let us grease him up. For the past few days, he’s been in the bed. Napping some during the days and watching tv. Yesterday, he took his first shower in about a week, but it was a short one. He was worn out in just a few short minutes, and ready to get back to the bed to rest. Today, he woke up and was feeling a little better. We got him in the shower (it takes some prep work) and he enjoyed that hot water for 30 minutes! He said it felt great on his itchy skin. Now, he’s asleep. I know that took it out of him. Actually, he just said, “Pig brollers in her hair? I don’t know, I don’t know.” He’s totally asleep. A lot of funny stuff happens when he talks in his sleep. Some days, he feels a little confused about what he dreamed and what really happened… He has been asking if we have only been in this room, or if we went in other rooms and “did stuff.” He asked me if my art show was at six… No art show. He is apparently doing a project on dinosaurs and checked out three books at the Summerville Public Library, entering through the old front door rather than the new side entrance. He woke up and told me that he felt like he was in Chicago, even though he’s never been… He felt like his bed was a ship… Yesterday, he was just saying “crab boil” over and over. Oh! And he felt like there were cats in the room the other day. Just, in the room. Being cats. He woke up after he shouted about “brollers” just now and is laughing because he realized he was talking. He says there was more that he was going to say on the subject, but that he won’t tell me now. He says I am allowed to tell you the funny stuff he says.
