After a brutal few days few weeks, Angelica got up today and had a bit of a rough start, but we’ve started some probiotics and we’re heading in the right direction. Geli had a shower this morning (which we are all really thankfull for 😉 ), and then we grabbed her homework and headed down to the hospital ward kitchen. After a few minutes fussing with my computer to put some music on, I told Angelica to put on some music on her iPod.
So DJ Gelica is busting the tunes, buting through her homework and….
Singing… Like really loud. Like embarassingly loud. Except having a girl that was curled up in a ball and crying her eyes out on Sunday, now singing along to Big & Rich’s “Somebody’s got to be unafraid to lead the freak parade” and Francesca Battistelli’s “Free to be me”, well kind of makes me REALLY REALLY REALLY FREAKING HAPPY!!!
So I’m thinking happy thoughts… and I thought I would share with you some of the funner things.
1) Geli is on a feeding tube and getting her nutrition through there for right now. She’s tasting things here and there as she gets her strength and health back, but not eating meals just yet…. But nobody told the kitchen. So as of right now, I am getting trays of food for each meal. Geli gets to select her dishes from a small selection for each meal and she is ordering for my tastes. Good times!
2) The tube seems to be a topic of conversation. The doc was in yesterday saying that some teens do some realy wierd stuff with their feeding tubes and shared a few storied. (I’ll spare you the gross details), but Geli is working on a plan to swallow a Mento and then pump diet coke into her stomach at high speed. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKoB0MHVBvM). Good times!!
3) One of the social worker type people here popped in to our room the other day and Angelica was colouring. The lady (Her name is Pam) asked about her art and so Geli showed her a few pages. Pam got all excited and mumbled something about a calendar. Then about an hour late a dude named Dan came up to our room and explained that he was here to collec the art for the calendar. Seems that the “Balding For Dollars” folks put out a yearly calendar to raise funds and 12 pieces of art are chosen and the kids that submit them get a pic and a bio by there piece. Looks like Gelica will have another piece of art published. Good times!!!
Jon