Daylight Savings and Robotic Brains

I woke up at 6:20 but only get credit for waking up at 7:20. That's the only negative thing I can think to say about the best day of the year. Day light savings time. Now I'm going to go to the window and watch snow melt.

--- When I first came down this morning I turned Sesame street on so Seb could watch it. Seb came looking for me (after 20 minutes) to say: "I was watching too much t.v. It makes my brain turn in to a robot." Seb is now having cereal and hot cocoa in silence in front of his
non-t.v. tray.

Sebastian's one week apointment.

We took Seb to Gunderson today for his checkup which was scheduled one week after his release. They doc just felt his tummy and asked how he was doing. The only things visible on him are the adhesive marks from all the stuff that was glued to him and a little red broken capillaries in one of his eye. As for Sebastian himself he gets tired sometimes and occasionally complains about his tummy hurting. That's about it for physical. He's back to his spunky self otherwise. He runs around (more than I'd like him to). He yells a lot.

On the social side he covers his face and frowns whenever a stranger talk to him. I think this is mostly due to all the stranger he met after the accident who caused him more pain than he was already feeling i.e. the ambulance folks, the nurses, the doctors, and the cat scan folks.

Also, I noticed when I went to the YMCA to pick Cherity up after her workout, that when I took Seb out of his car seat and set him on the pavement he sorta looked worried and didn't budge. I could see this coming so I asked him if he wanted me to carry him which is exactly what he wanted.

Trusting the outside world might take a while. Knowing Seb, this phase will probably be shortlived.

In other news, we went to an American Matress today also. Our matress is older than I am I think and Cherity was like a kid in a candy store. We didn't get anything but now that Cherity has smelled, touched, and experienced, I 'm sure it won't be long.

Owen is saying he wants to go to bed now. ???? I think that means he wants my attention more than anything so I'm done for now.

Sebby's new shirt.

Some painful tummy aches here and there from the spleen injury and a red left eye. I don't think my old body would get off so easy if I was run over. Sebby's posing in order to show off his new shirt.

Remains of the weekend

We have half a coat left. Sebastian, even in total pain, was pretty peeved about the coat. He was crying for the ambulance folks not to cut his coat. (It was a new coat that he had just received). That whole scene will always be a nightmare in my mind. We've gotten a few coats since then from people which we are very thankful for. My brother-in-law looked up the weight of a single axle of Hybrid car. (1000 lbs per). How bout that for miracles!

Back Home

Seb was doing well enough to come home last night which Cherity and I were happy about. Seb was not. He put up the resistance because he had it pretty good at the hospital. He cried "I don't wanna go home!" His tummy hurts a little where his spleen is in the morning because he had gone 8 hours without tylenol. It's amazing how little pain he is in. Actually, when he walks I can tell he walks a little different and he breathing is a little labored sometimes all in apparent attempt to alleviate some pain. He doesn't really compain...?

Update # 5. Sebby

The post below is a web album of our trip to the hospital thus far. Just click on the picture and you can look at all the others as well. We're still there and it looks like we might have to stay another night since Seb's temperature goes up a little on occasion. :(. We may get to leave tonight but we're not betting on it. I drove back to Winona for a while to take care of some business and to post some pictures. During the day Sebastian has been very spunky and back to his old self. Yelling at his brother and so on (may be getting a prima donna complex). During the evening he gets achy and he cries some when his tylenol wears off (that's all he's on now). Seems to work really well.

Gotta get going.

Love from the Picks.

Sebby @ Hospital

Update # 4 Seb.

Seb has gone from being in a lot of pain to jabbering away and actually being down right feisty. His digestive system started working today which is good. We took him for a walk and got him to walk around a little himself which was short lived but good to get his body moving. There were a lot of friends here to visit today but Seb shied away and covered his eyes with his hands whenever anyone asked him any questions. That's OK though. Cherity and I needed the interaction. There's a good chance we'll get to go home tomorrow. I'll be able to post some pictures here of our quaint little visit to the hospital then.

Seb's been moving around in the bed as if there's nothing wrong with him. It's really been crazy how God can let those little bodies heal themselves so quickly. There's a long ways to go and I can see now it's going to be hard in the future weeks to keep him from rough-housing while his spleen repairs itself.

Sebby update # 3.

Personally I'm feeling much better about how things are going. We did another CT scan this morning and the doctor was encouraged by his first look at the pictures. He said initially everything is looking like it is heading in the right direction but would take a closer look to make sure. I asked him if based on what he saw whether he thought that the spleen would need to be removed. At this point the spleen is in bad shape but should be able to heal on it's own and there should be no reason for removal. There's now sign of bleeding or anything like that. He doesn't have any bad news for us thus far... all good stuff. (We were really, really, nervous last night as his heart-rate had jumped about 20-30 beats at resting which is sometimes a condition of internal bleeding.)

The most positive thing for us has been Sebby's interaction. We had to get him to drink something that would make the CT scan clearer. This looked impossible at first as when we tried, Seb wouldn't budge and kept his mouth closed tight. Cherity started to playfully tease Sebby with the glass of lemondade and he actually started smiling and even laughed a little. That was the first smile I'd seen out of him since he'd bench pressed that Honda. Directly after this we got a book out and started reading a page to him and told him if he would take a sip of the drink we would turn the page and read more. Sebby acquiesced because he really liked the book and started actually jabbering away about what he was seeing in the book. He was a little drugged up but we had never gotten such a positive response out of him with or without drugs before. Very good stuff. The book was about ocean creatures and had those inserted googly eyes that bounce around and stay on the current page even when you turn the page. I'm probably not explaining it well. Sebby noticed a clown fish on one of the pages and immediately called it Nemo so we got the "Finidnig Nemo" video out of the library and watched that with him. He asked me to lay down with him in the bed and we fell asleep together watching the video. I had just woke up and came up here to check email and stuff and this is where I'm at right now.

Thanks again for all your prayers and thoughts. It's amazing all the directions the prayers have been coming from. Almost everyone we've ever known is praying for little Sebby which is great.

Love from the Pick family.

Update #2 on Sebby.

Things seem stable today so far. They did an X-ray this morning. There had been some issues with the lungs being bruised on the initial X-ray but the one this morning had cleared up quite a bit. The Spleen thing is just a wait and see thing. They said on a scale from 1-5, 5 being the worst, that his spleen is about a 4. The spleen had lost it's form or shape from the weight of the car. If he goes 30 hours stable then they will move him down to the Pediatrics ward.

I went home to get some clothes and toiletries this morning and stopped by the toy store on my way back to get him a few things. He perked up a little but I could tell he was still in a lot of pain just based on how immobile he has been.

Seb went on a wagon ride around the hospital and remained stable and has been so since. That's a good thing. They said, when and if we bring him home in the next couple of days, that he'll need to stay somewhat immobile to protect his spleen i.e. no wresting with his brother and stay away from Molly (our 7 month old black lab). I've been telling people Molly will be converted in to a basement/backyard dwelling dog or I will be creating some massive barriers throughout the house. The former is most likely though.

Thank You once again for all your thoughts and prayers.

Love the Pick Family

Update on Sebby.

Sebby was backed over upon by a Honda Hybrid. The lady who's rear driver side tire hit him actually hit the brakes while the tire had all it's weight on him. She then realized what was going on when she saw Cherity as she was trying to push the car forward.

Sebby got his first helicopter ride to LaCrosse's Gunderson Lutheran's trauma center. They did a CT scan (?). He has about 6 fractured ribs. They said their were some concerns about his spleen and liver, swollen I think, and need to keep an eye on them. He will probably be in the hospital for about 3 days for monitoring as long as everything seems stable.

When I got to the scene, I almost thought his head was run over because of the hemoraghing (sp?) around his eyes and their were also a lot cappilaries that burst in his forehead.

He was very aware during the whole ordeal except when it first happened. Cherity picked Seb up and said it was like picking up a rag doll and fortunately their was someone near by from the military who was at the preschool for show and tell and told Cherity that she shouldn't pick him up due to whatever else could happen.

Sebby's been on morphine throughout the day but I've gotten him to perk up when I've mentioned "Gordon" (his missing Thomas the tank engine). Also, Sebby has always had this habbit of saying..."Daddy..Daddy..." and I would always answer "Yes, Sebby" and his reply would be "I lub you". So while I was in the room with Seb I would say "Sebby.. Sebby.." and he wouldn't respond but I would pause and then say "I lub you" and he would nod his head in recognition. That makes a daddy feel good.

Their changing out Nursing shifts which is what gave me the opportunity to sit hear and do this in the lounge. Better than reading magazines. That's for sure. Like therapy I guess. I did a pretty good job keeping it together except for when I had to call my mom and tell her. At the moment I had to say the words I just started bawling and could barely get it out.

Thanks for all who have already visited and those of you have been praying for us. Please continue to do that.

Thank You.