Jay "The Birdman" Stumpff - My Story

Man! It is SO good to be home!!! I miss the care the nursing staff gave us but there is nothing like the friendly confinds of our house.

Trey slept in my recliner and I slept on the couch. The couch isn't my bed but man it slept better than the chairs at the hospital. Dianne had the bed last night but she is still working on her cough with her cold (I watched Forrest Gump last night) and she was worried about Trey so she didn't rest all that well. She gets couch duty tonight so maybe she can sleep better knowing Trey is sleeping fine so she can rest. Plus Trey relieved me from couch duty because I snore too loud.

Sorry I didn't put the pictures on last night. I was too tired to do all that last night. I have a lot to do today so I am not sure I will get to it today or not.

Christi was so happy to see us yesterday. I went out to the yard to see her when Bryon and Tish brought her home. Daddy was just as happy to see his little girl as much as she was happy to see her Daddy. I scooped her up and she wrapped her arms and legs around me and just wanted to melt to me so she could never let me go. She started crying she was so happy. She is Daddy's girl! The easy going feeling for her quickly faded when she saw Trey. She didn't like that Trey got all the attentionn and was being waited on hand and foot. In her little 8 year old mind needed to start hurting some where so she could get some attention. It is hard for me to see Trey show his strenght by never complaining, pushing on through his pain, and not saying a word about how much it hurt. Christi was whining about her eye hurting. I as worn so thin on everything that I jumped on her that she really wasn't hurting all that much. She really doesn't understand all of this and that all the attention Trey is getting he would trade just to not hurt and walk around like she is. Thanks to everyone that has brought her presents to help her still feel included. In a different way she is going through this too and it is just as hard for her.

I am going to call the Dewey/Vinita game tonight. Dewey is currently ranked 9th while Vinita is ranked 6th. If Dewey can win this game they are almost a shoe in for the playoffs. Trey is excited to listen to the game. He is such a big fan of football he will watch or listen to any and all games as possible.

His big beautiful smile is starting to show again. He is feeling so good that he took a walk to the bathroom to use the toilet for the first time since Monday. We had to help him walk there but he did the business all by himself. Gross and TMI I know but it is a big step for him. He watched all of Price Is Right today. He hasn't felt like doing that or has been sleeping all week. Now every 5 minutes he'll read something from the book Come on Down: Behind the Big Doors of the Price Is Right. He got that book before the surgery on Monday. My sister gave him that book. He hasn't felt like reading it until today.

To wrap up this morning Trey wanted to say a few things. Hi everyone! I love you all. Bob Barker is my hero. Back to ESPN. ~ Trey

Bird

Glad to hear everything is going great for you Trey! I had surgery a couple of years ago, and I know I wasn't that tough! We need to talk to Howie and Terry to get you a "Tough Man" award. Take care, and tell your Mom and Dad I said Hi!

Posted by: Jason at September 30, 2007 09:10 PM