{Karlton Bontrager}

Karlton suffered with a splitting headache yesterday. The medical staff increased his dosage of pain killers. Yet he did not indicate getting any relief. We wonder if this is new pain or if his body is finally transmitting to his brain some of the pain it has experienced all along.

At one point he said, “It sucks in the middle of the night when I call out ‘Mama-chan, Otoh-san’ and a worker comes.” It’s really good that Choy-Lang and I can be here for him.

Karlton continues to ask to leave, for his car keys, and to go to his room. To give him a sense of his new environment and where his new room is relative to the nurses station and other areas, we put him in a recliner on wheels. Then we took him on a short stroll around the ISIS corridors.

The move to ISIS presents more challenges logistically for us, his parents. I’m writing at the university without having seen him today or having a report on his night. I’m under the impression that he’ll have a full schedule of therapy today. The weekend gave us a chance to get to know the nursing staff and begin to develop relationships with them. It’s comforting to us that they seem to be every bit as caring as the ICU and HDU people he’s had. It just takes us time to become comfortable with them.

Have a great day!