Constant Short-Lived Naps

I think I'm honestly posting this just to have two days in a row of posts and not feel the need to apologize at the beginning of a post for once. Also, I'm probably posting because I have time and I don't know what to do with myself in a small quiet room. Ryan has been pretty out of it this afternoon. He's getting almost no good sleep. He's at the point where he's hallucinating, drifting in and out of sleep constantly, etc. Tacro (the immuno-suppressant medicine he's on) has a side effect of making your hands and feet feel really hot, like maybe you're holding them over a hot burner. It makes it really hard to sleep. Also, anytime Ryan sleeps for a bit, he wakes up in a lot of pain. His mouth, his head, his stomach- they all wake him up and he's miserable for awhile, then he kind of falls back to sleep. It sucks. I wish I could help. I can't really. I massage his legs (that helps a bit with the bone aches) and I hand him things (tissues, saline rinse, urinals, pillows). Not a lot I can do right now. Ryan did drink a ginger ale today. He thought it sounded good and he wanted to test out his throat to see if it felt any better. He got through the whole thing and said it was about a 6 on the pain scale. So what does that translate to on the Clydesdale scale, you ask? I believe it's two mules. I'm not great with that scale though, so don't take my word for it.

I believe the plan for the rest of the night is to keep Ryan as comfortable as possible. Maybe listen to some more Bossypants. Maybe make a list of my top ten movies. Maybe get Ryan to take a short walk in the halls. That's always a goal, it doesn't usually happen. Dang- Ryan was sleeping pretty nicely just now and the CNA loudly came in to do vitals. Maybe I'll make a DND sign. Or at least a "Be Stealthy" sign.

For my own entertainment, here's that movie list. Most are good solid shows you can be proud to call your favorites. The rest are more the "I don't care what you or all the critics think" variety. I'm sure you'll be able to differentiate.

1. Castaway
2. Out of Africa
3. Meet Joe Black
4. The Royal Tennenbaums
5. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
6. Amelie
7. High Strung
8. O Brother Where Art Thou?
9. Shawshank Redemption
10. When A Man Loves A Woman

Picking just ten is too hard. Pelican Brief, Dan in Real Life, Gattica, High Fidelity, and Field of Dreams didn't make the cut, and that doesn't seem right. Don't hold me to these. But please do post your own list in a comment. Entertain me for the night.