When I spoke with Aaron just now he was highly chapped because his doctors and nurses have declared him to be on "bed rest" and got on his case for having left his room in a wheelchair without permission a few times yesterday. The technical definition of "bed rest," it turns out, is that you are supposed to STAY IN BED. Aaron has been known to have bouts of selective hearing in the past, and it seems that he is still trying to negotiate the terms of his confinement to include occasional jaunts in his wheelchair. However, it sounds like the doctors are standing pretty firm on this, and he is coming to grips with the fact that he is pretty much going to have to stay in his bed for most of the next few days. Kelly is bringing his X-box to him, and he is going to get all set up to watch lots of movies and play lots of video games. Pray that Aaron will have the patience to follow his doctors' orders and that the time will pass quickly for him.
One of the odd things you learn when a family member spends a long period of time in a military hospital is that there are constantly celebrities and other people of note parading through the halls just to visit troops. Case in point: since Aaron has been at Bethesda, he has met Miss USA (Or Miss America. I'm not up on my vital pageant statistics.) an aspiring country singer from Nashville who performed two songs for him, and, today, the New England Patriots. Aaron had just finished talking to them when I called. So depending on how you feel about the Patriots, Miss America and country music, you should either be jealous of Aaron or feel sorry for him.
Aaron said he hasn't been in any pain today, which is great, and thank you all so much for praying for him yesterday. Please keep praying.
More tonight.