Easter Weekend

Easter Weekend was busy for Jesse, with Friday visits from Mom, Jonathan, Chaplain Dave and his wife Kim.... Jesse spent a fair amount of time outside enjoying the weather and after snubbing off a rather dry piece of fried chicken, we smuggled another chicken sandwich in from Sheetz to keep him eating! Mom & Jonathan brought Jesse an Easter basket of goodies from Joey (thanks, Joe!) and a healthy stack of cards had also arrived for Jesse.

On Saturday Jonathan and Mom returned for a second visit where they were able to observe Jesse walking while I received "a walking lesson." Basically, I'm Jesse's spotter in case he gets tired and his right (weaker) leg starts to give out on him.... Their advice? "He can go 2500 feet at once, but we'd prefer that you go 500 feet five separate times rather than going all at once." So I learned how to "walk" Jesse so that he can get exercise during my afternoon visits.

Dr. Osgood had advised Mom & I in the Altoona ICU to tighten Jesse's screws every week, and Jesse noted that they hadn't been tightened in the 10 days since leaving the ICU for rehab, so I took it upon myself to tighten them and it seems his headaches have subsided. I don't know if the two were related, but he's set for now.

Mom & Jonathan took off Saturday afternoon, and JJ, Jordan & Connor arrived about an hour afterward to deliver Easter goodies to Jesse. Mac-n-cheese and chocolate chip cookies were added to Jesse's growing pile of goodies and JJ & Jordan scored additional bonus points by delivering cookies to the Nurses' station.

Easter Sunday was a bit quieter; Stacy and I dropped in with some Easter ham and pierogies and Jesse probably had one of his better days eating (Sheetz red smoothie, chicken sandwich, pierogies, potatoes, Gatorade, milk shake, etc.) before we popped outside to enjoy some more sunshine. Jesse looked good; Saturday night he was able to wash his hair for the first time in two weeks and was able to trim up his overgrowing facial hair.

We'll keep you posted on Jesse's continuing progress; this week we expect to have more stitches removed and practice more walking; this week also features the opening day of Major League Baseball, the NCAA Basketball Championship game, and Tiger's return to Augusta at the Master's -- visitors are welcome all week, of course!