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Joshua gets into a wheelchair, and cool murals

J in chairJoshua is making slow but steady progress. On Wednesday, he got out of bed for the first time in 9 days and into a wheelchair for a 20 minute “tour” of the Pediatric floor. It took 45 minutes to get from bed to chair. On Thursday, it only took 15 minutes to make the transfer, and he sat up (too long!) three hours…about 90 minutes playing video games, then two friends came and he was up nearly another 90 minutes. That had him wiped out for the day, but he did it, and with much less pain. Hoooray! The peds ward has some totally cool murals. Here is Joshua in the SUNNY (and on this day warm…it was 90+ degrees outside and not a cloud in sight except on the walls) atrium and look at the cool clouds and the critters in the clouds:cloud mural w/J under

That was Joshua’s IV pole, nurses, and Joshua in the wheelchair under the clouds mural in the photo above. Here is the other cloud mural and several of the smaller pictures scattered around the floor:

Cloud mural

Eagles

Here’s the doorway to Joshua’s room, each doorway has a different “something” painted above or next to it:Joshua’s doorwayChickadees at water fountainsRabbit in a hatnestBaby birdiesCeltics

The last one, of course, is because we are in Boston Celtics territory, The Eastern Maine Medical Center is in Bangor, Maine, where Stephen King lives (well, he has a couple of houses but he’s a Mainer forever, and now owner of the Red Sox). Anyway, we root for the Sea Dogs (the Red Sox minor league team out of Portland) and the Boston teams and, as the saying goes, whoever beats the Yankees.

I’ll be back tomorrow with a quilty post with some good news!

3 Responses to “Joshua gets into a wheelchair, and cool murals”

  1. Deborah Says:

    Very cool murals. I’m so glad to hear that Josh is progressing. Is this the same hospital where they fixed up Stephen King’s leg?!

  2. Julia Says:

    It is so good to see Josh up and about a little. How long will he have to have the tinker toys attached to his leg? Does he still have those incisions for the swelling?

    Very beautiful murals, I love the eagles!!!

  3. Gina Reddin Says:

    Great to see Josh up and on the mend. As a mom, I know your heart has been wrenching seeing him in pain. Tell him he’s a bionic kid right now. =)