Another Caleb Update

So how is China Boy doing?

We thank you for asking!

He's starting to get what is commonly referred to as "cabin fever".  He's hyper, practically bouncing off of the walls and anything else that is in his way!

I always tease him that he's a wild donkey of a man and I think he's upped the ante tenfold in the past two days!  Last night we went to church and then the grocery store. While Caleb and Robby were getting back in the vehicle, Caleb grabs the "Oh p00p!" handle above the door on the interior and is swinging from it.  Not exactly what we're looking for during his 12 weeks of recovery...

To that end, he's a great worker around the house so we try to find him some jobs that he likes to do.  As I type, he's sorting and putting away the boy's laundry. He just swept/mopped the kitchen and dining room floors prior to that.

The other night, his speech teacher visited him and brought him homework and a gift as well as cards from his classmates.  He vaccuumed the floor prior to her arrival. 

You get the picture.

Here are the cards from Caleb's classmates...

So anyway, he says that his hip hurts, "maybe, a lil' bit".  That's about all we ever get from him even though when it gets hurting really bad, he walks like 101 year old man.  We did over hear him telling Robby this morning that it hurt really bad.  Of course, he's telling Robby because Robby does not administer his drugs!  Crafty boy.

This morning he helped Daddy make breakfast for everybody.  Bacon and eggs.  Here he is obviously doing the eggs.  I have him break the eggs into a small bowl, and once he's sure there's no shells in it, he adds it to the bigger bowl.  In the photo, you can see that the right cheek is still just a bit swollen, but not too bad.  The first two days, his face really looked different from the swelling but he's pretty much back to being "Caleb".

Here the boy is unenthusiastically eating his "bacon & eggs".  It wasn't quite as desirable as he was hoping, and I don't blame him...  I tried it and while you could tell it was bacon and eggs, it just ain't right to drink it.  We'll keep trying and occasionally finding things he likes.

And just so you know what I mean when I say it "just ain't right", here's his bacon and eggs.  Get you some!!