Day 16 Morning Update

Overall....BETTER!!!! I'm not saying he's going to be up and eating Bon Bons tomorrow (do guys even do that?)...but he is improving.

The neurosurgeons said he's 'clinically' better today. He's pupils are responding more normally and he's following commands better today. Poor guy had to have the arm restraints put back on though because his naturally reflex is to reach up and want to pull the tube out of his throat. I seriously hope he doesn't think we have him in a mental hospital with those on. :) At least we're back to some kind of reaction and I hope they get to take the ventilator out soon. That's one of my questions for today. I will try and post a list of all the questions I want to ask later this morning.

When you look at him, his head is a little more swollen today. Doctors said that is to be expected after what they had to do yesterday and the position they have him in. No worries though, this is a different kind of fluid getting to his head, and will make him heal faster. No CT planned for today because the doctors can tell by other signs if the bad swelling is getting worse. That's a good thing.

Although we seem to have reached some kind of turning point, the doctors did tell Diane that Scott's case is not a text book case. I'm not sure if it has to do with his kidney disease or not, but when this normally happens to someone, they don't usually get all the things Scott got. Remember, we had to deal with higher BP, high temperature, pneumonia, swollen brain stem, excess swelling in brain, LP, higher HR, Staph/MRSA scare, multiple infections, not wanting to wake up very easily, PKD, and the main thing....what caused this? If there is no aneurysm and it was a brain hemorrhage, why? What is the likelihood this could happen again (not sure if we're ready to hear the answer to that one)?

~Betsy