mumsie from Spalding re-hab

Caleb has settled in to his new home - in spite of the fear that the nursing staff would not be as competant as those at Mass General - once again - I am convinced that all of you out there drew in just what we needed the most - the best nurses one could possibly have and we scored the very best Doctor according to the head nurse. We will be happy here and in good hands. Caleb's day nurse is a hot ticket - a 45 or so yr. old woman from Ethiopia - I had barely been in the room - always a bit shaken when we have to change environments yet again- when she popped in took a look at Caleb, came within centimeters of my face and wagged her finger at me saying - "You be strong - I see allot a boys and dees boy - he gonna make it . I can always tell which boys are fighters- dees boy gonna make it" I could have cried but I didn't dare with Aster looking at me! I just love her and will work on getting her to wear my favorite shade of red lipstick -the only thing I can see that she is lacking! Another middle school story .. when Jan and I first separated and were just starting to do the trade off from house to house -Jan had weekends at that time. The boys would get back to me on Sunday eve just in time for baths and then off to bed. Caleb went off to school that Monday morning with a heavy heart and proceeded to once again get off the bus, ditch into the shrubs and began a long journey back home - only the temps were below feezing and he never let me send him with mittens or a hat. He told me later that he would see a police cruser and would hide where he could - he managed to get as far as the Eastham Sheraton when an unmarked car pulled over and took my nearly freezing child to the police station. By the time I walked through the doors he had charmed all of the police - they had all of their guns laid out on the table for him to examine, donuts and juice, and when they saw me they all stood up and insisted that I could not reprimand him - not one little bit- because when they asked him what he was doing walking in a blizzard he said " I just wanted to see my mom!" So now he gets to spend a lot of time with me finallyand he is already charming eveyone here. ! This place is really interesting to say the least-- we have Buddie, a vietnam vet who flies around in his wheelchair wearing a bike helmet , flirts with me and keeps trying to pull me into a late night poker game in his room. The guy across the hall who keeps yelling for his 6 pack and another who gets frustrated and makes cow noises - for those of you who thought I was a bit tweeked before - well just you wait--but this is truely Caleb's kind of place - when he improves he is just going to thrive in this atmosphere. More tubes are out - the IV , the catheter, the stiches he is looking morelike Caleb every day. He starts phisical therapy already and occupational as well - speech will begin next week - even tho his jaw is wired they will help him to strengthen that area with exercises. We are doing fine - love to all of you who are out there thinking of us - I saw the fence at the dump - Kai is here with my digital - Thank you - all of you. Love mumsie