Feeling better

Matt had a bit of a rough morning yesterday - he woke up from a nap very confused, which scared him a lot. He couldn't answer the basic questions about his name, where he's from, and where he is right now without a lot of thinking. He also had something he really wanted to say, but could only repeat "I don't know." when we'd ask him what it was.

Luckily one of the nurses came to check on his incision and had all the right things to say. She told Matt that the medicines he was on during and after the surgery can cause this confusion and take awhile to work through his system. The fact that she was not at all concerned really made him feel better. Plus, she took all the bandages off and said his incision looked great - the staples will come out in two weeks or so. It is quite the scar and it's hard to believe we won't be able to see it once his hair grows out.

This morning has started off much better - he answered all the nurse's questions without any problems and kept repeating things to me as he recalled them again later. He was even coming up with names that we hadn't been talking about. He ate a great breakfast and told me he was happy and feeling good. He wasn't interested in doing any exercising today, though, just feeling good enough for a nice day of rest.