Day 4

Day 4:

It's Sunday. Louie stayed the night. Sooo nice to wake up and have a familiar person in the room with me. He takes such good care of me. I had lots of visitors today. Michelle, Rachel, and my mom stopped by. We sat around watching I love Lucy. Louie was here all day long. Stayed even after everybody had left. He catered to my every need and let me boss him around (thanks Lou, you rock!!).

Earlier in the day i had a strobe light test. It was super cool. I've had them before, but they were quick and not as intense as the one I had today. The test didn't really work, however, it triggered spasms in my arms and legs. Since I haven't had a seizure they're going to start sleep deprivation tonight. I'm going to have to be up 36 hours. So, I wont be able to sleep until 8pm tomorrow. Let's hope this causes some activity so we can get the show on the road and so i can get out of here!!!

I'm finally starting to get used to not getting up and having to page the nurses for everything. My nurse today was this really adorable old chinese man. He wore his scrubs pulled all the way up to the top of his belly. He was really cute and sweet and stopped by once every hour to make sure I was okay. He would come in to make sure I had eaten, to make sure i was drinking plenty of fluids, and went out of his way a lot more than the other nurses have so far. He also catered to my guests. That was pretty awesome!

I feel like i'm going stir crazy. I haven't seen the sun since Thursday. I haven't been outside since Thursday. Yesterday and today I was allowed to have a supervised stroll around the halls of the 6th floor. Not great, but it's nice to get up and stretch my legs for 5 minutes. Mr. yi-ming (my nurse) gave me a lovely tour today. He showed me the student dorms. He also showed me where the Getty Museum is. You could barely see it because of the overcast. On the opposite side of the 6th floor he showed me the LAX. I live by the LAX and I realized how much i take it for granted. It made me realize how much i take everything for granted. Even simple things like the ability to walk outside and enjoy the sun.

I'm trying to stay positive. Prayers helps. I've been asking God for strength an patience to deal with all of this.