Jacob's Journal

Thank you for thoughts and prayers for Jacob, the 17-year-old from our community and extended family who had emergency surgery last Saturday night for a bleeding artery in his brain. He remains hospitalized at U of I Hospitals. Here is his mom's Caring Bridge journal entries for this Thanksgiving Day:

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2008 08:29 AM, CST:
"Good morning and Happy Thanksgiving! Well, Jacob is like a new born baby, he has his nights and days mixed up. We were up all night. He wanted breakfast at 2:00 o'clock this morning. His thinking is a little behind. So we are going to keep him up all day today and make him walk in the halls alot, which we already have done twice today. He is wanting to eat and drink. He will try to bargain for more liquids. He is still restricted on the fluids to 1 liter. His MRI was good. So the more up and about he is, the better. We set goals every day. Today's goal is to STAY AWAKE, walk more and be in the chair for most of the day.
Bye for now.
The next episode of the young and the wrestler will be later today."

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2008 03:42 PM, CST:
"We have had major improvements in Jacob's recovery today. The docs have decided to let Jacob drink all the gaterade he wants, but no water. Gaterade has sodium and water doesn't. The more sodium he takes in, the less they have to give him through the iv. So here comes the french fries and cheese burgers. The swelling in his eyes is going down and he can see through his peepers again. He is more alert and is staying awake longer. We had him in the chair for 3 hrs. today all ready. Hopefully, we won't be in the ICU to much longer. If you are thinking of coming down, please call to make sure what room of floor we are on.
Until the next time.
This is the young and the wrestler."

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