Friday’s update

Just me and my Macbook here with another update.

I’m moving around a bit better though still unable to speak. I’ve gone through quite a few pages in a spiral notebook scribbling things to try to communicate. Most of the time though, I don’t bother. It takes too long. Last night, Mark fell asleep before I finished writing my sentence. He joked with me about just turning out the light if he wants me to “stop talking.” Very funny. If I could laugh, I would…or not.

The kids have been doing pretty well. I let one child on the bed with me at a time. Evan brought his chess board up and played me a couple times. He actually taught me chess and then promptly beat me in it. Ashlyn has been coming up to do her devotions with me. And, Drew, silly Drew, just comes up to get under the covers and snuggle a bit. He isn’t so weirded out now by the cut on my neck which is good.

Yesterday, Drew came up to sit with me and “read” a book. He’s only 4. He doesn’t read. But, he enjoys books and sat with me to flip through Furious George Goes Bananas. We flipped through and he told me the story. On one page, there was a little box that said on it “Gorilla crackers.” He asked me, “What does that say?” I shook my head no and shrugged, reminding him that I couldn’t talk. He said, “Oh yeah, here, [handing me the spiral notebook] write it down.” Hmm…took him a minute to consider the logic of that and that it wouldn’t help either.

I come off strict vocal rest tomorrow. Looking forward to that but also a bit anxious since I know that my voice is not going to really work for a while. The doctor said it could be hoarse for 4-6 weeks. So, I think I’ll probably stay pretty quiet still.

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