Things are looking up!
Yesterday his condition had been stable and through out the night he started to open his eyes (not focusing), react to pain (when the nurse pinches his toe) and stir a little bit. His white blood count is good (it's at a 9, when on NYE it was a 15 - which honestly doesn't mean anything to me), his temperature is normal, vitals are good and the resident doctor who came around this morning thought it may be time to try and start him back on nutrition again through his feeding tube (last time he 'ate' was maybe Wednesday night - it's Tuesday morning now). They'll keep the 'vaccum' to his stomach in place for another day or two, just to be sure how he tolerates 'eating' again, but it seems he's fought the sepsis and is coming out on the other side. Thank goodness.
We're still not talking about weening him off the ventilator or much about his neurological status (he's no longer on the sedation drip, but the nurse did push through some sedation medication through the night to keep him comfortable), so in a way we are back to where we were before Christmas.
Of course, the road is long, with set backs and hurdles, but looking forward to getting back on track - back to worrying about the TBI that landed him in the hospital in the first place.
Well some cheery news today and a note from Nancy saying you have company coming. Joanne that will be good for you and hopefully perk Don up too. My bridge group sends their best they wish you were here too. We need a bridge playerback here. Alol the family has returned to their home base and it's quiet except for the dust balls rolling around . Again I thank Kiersten for a terrific job of reporting. John and Marge
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