Day #5

(wearing his dad's glasses and hat)

This morning, dad gave the nurse

two thumbs up and opened both eyes

and wiggled all of his toes!!!

It was a very quiet day and he

is exhausted from yesterday!

The nurse said that we had to whisper

because even hearing the tones of our

'normal' voices made his blood pressure go up.

Mom stayed with him all morning.

She was told that he was doing very well,

but very tired. Yesterday she said "honey, it's me. Do you know who I am?" (squeeze) "should we sell the four wheeler?" (nothing....)
The goal for today was

to 'wean from vent'. He is doing most

of the breathing and when I was there it was

rather frightening because the ventilator would

beep saying "the last two breaths were less

than they should be" (so to speak) but the nurse

said that was all a part of him waking up.

Since he was taking very deep breaths after

that - she said to keep calm - all was as it should be.

His neurosurgeon came and flipped on the lights.

Dad immediately started to stir.

He had him open his eyes, squeeze his hands and wiggle his toes. He asked him to lift up his legs and arms but he was too tired. The doctor seemed very pleased and said, "if you wouldn't mind stepping out I am going to remove the drain from his head.... sucher kit nurse!"

Yes sir!!!!

He is now wearing a white turban, as opposed to the
band aid colored one... and drain less!
Two more things before he can leave ICU!

Cheers!!!!

When my brother and sister (and their spouses) went to visit, daddy opened his eyes and saw them. He nodded in response to my nephew's plea to "please don't sell the four wheeler." He followed the nurse with his eyes and moved his head to keep her in his sight.
He seemed hot and when the nurse asked him if he wanted a fan she got a big 'yes!!'

He gets another CT scan tomorrow and the doctor says he is making excellent progress and they need to be getting him moving about soon.

He squeezed my hand many times today and they were strong, good squeezes!