To everybody,
Thank you for daily praying and giving us words of encouragement.
Because of everybody’s support, Hajime is recovering day by day.
Today, Hajime gave his total effort with tears streaming down his cheek again.
In the morning, it was decided to take off the Ventilator and starting at 9:30am, we took him off. But because of the tracheostomy, his coughing wouldn’t stop and he coughed for over 40 minutes. It looked like he was having a tough time and for a moment we were restless, but after that he was able to relax and his coughing had stopped. From now on he needs to have the Ventilator on at night.
When we’re going home, there’s going to be a home check to see if there is space to have and attach the Ventilator. It’s something that protects life,
so it’s a very important process.
Afterwards, in the afternoon he practiced standing and sitting on a chair.
Hajime is still in pain from the surgery and he cried uncontrollably.
But because he had lost his voice, he can’t let out any loud sounds to let us know.
He was rolling out large tears and letting out his inaudible cry.
I couldn’t help but to cry because it hurt me so to watch my poor child.
But he went through with it.
I thought, “That’s Hajime.”
My tears are coming out even now as I am recalling.
We try many things daily, but he is really giving all his effort.
Because he wants to go home as soon as possible…..
Hajime presently doesn’t like the word, “gambare”.
(It’s a word of encouragement that has meanings such as
“give it your best, try hard, hang in there”.)
But, “Gambare~~!”
Translated by Christine Shirota (American English)
Jun 3, 2011
Jun 2, 2011
Third Day in the ICU
To Everybody,
Thank you for the many encouragements and prayers that you’ve given for Hajime.
It has already been 3 days since he’s been admitted into the ICU.
Hajime is still on a ventilator.
His breathing is still too weak to take it off.
He’s been hospitalized this time because on Tuesday night he couldn’t breathe and for a time was in a very dangerous state.
But luckily, because we were at a different location in the hospital we were able to get him treated at the ER quickly and his life was saved. I am really glad.
The next day we couldn’t decide whether or not to have the operation, but because my son woke up past noon and he agreed to have it done, he had the operation a few hours later.
However, because of this surgery, my son had lost his voice.
There are many different types of tracheotomy tubes, but the one Hajime has is the type without the function to let him use his voice. They are going to watch and see how he does post surgery and consider if he could switch to a different type.
Yesterday he practiced sitting as a part of practicing to get up. It’s only been 2 days since the surgery, and it seemed like he had pain in the operated area so an hour was the maximum he could do.
His neck muscle had weakened very much and it seemed like he was having a tough time trying to get his posture upright.
Today, he will practice walking. He’s been spending a few days in the bed so I am worried that his muscles had weakened. But he wants to walk so I’m thinking it would be good for him to have some change.
It seems like he has to stay here for awhile. He’s really depressed about this.
Because he has no voice, his lips just move…
“I want to go home,” and tears were falling.
I am praying that Hajime would be able to leave the hospital ASAP, for Hajime’s sake also.
Translated by Christine Shirota
Thank you for the many encouragements and prayers that you’ve given for Hajime.
It has already been 3 days since he’s been admitted into the ICU.
Hajime is still on a ventilator.
His breathing is still too weak to take it off.
He’s been hospitalized this time because on Tuesday night he couldn’t breathe and for a time was in a very dangerous state.
But luckily, because we were at a different location in the hospital we were able to get him treated at the ER quickly and his life was saved. I am really glad.
The next day we couldn’t decide whether or not to have the operation, but because my son woke up past noon and he agreed to have it done, he had the operation a few hours later.
However, because of this surgery, my son had lost his voice.
There are many different types of tracheotomy tubes, but the one Hajime has is the type without the function to let him use his voice. They are going to watch and see how he does post surgery and consider if he could switch to a different type.
Yesterday he practiced sitting as a part of practicing to get up. It’s only been 2 days since the surgery, and it seemed like he had pain in the operated area so an hour was the maximum he could do.
His neck muscle had weakened very much and it seemed like he was having a tough time trying to get his posture upright.
Today, he will practice walking. He’s been spending a few days in the bed so I am worried that his muscles had weakened. But he wants to walk so I’m thinking it would be good for him to have some change.
It seems like he has to stay here for awhile. He’s really depressed about this.
Because he has no voice, his lips just move…
“I want to go home,” and tears were falling.
I am praying that Hajime would be able to leave the hospital ASAP, for Hajime’s sake also.
Translated by Christine Shirota
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