Today is a good day.  The ECHO test didn’t show any major damage to the heart. What damage there is will heal on it’s own, as meds. are removed. However the EEG has shown small spikes, which may indicate seizure activity.  Dr. Thorell is going have the Epilepsy people take a long and see if there is any need to worry.  The nurses continue to lower the blood pressure IV’s, and Tom hasn’t had any “blackouts” since yesterday prior getting the EEG  up and running.  Dr. Thorell is thinking a couple of more days in ICU and then to the 6th floor to begin recovery.  It is unclear how long Tom will have to stay in the hospital, as they will not let him go home until he’s stable enough.  Outpatient therapy will begin right away, and more than likely, that’ll be done at Immanual. (Closer to home).  Dr. Thorell believes that Tom is out of life threatening situation, but not yet stable.  He also said we may be past future strokes from happening at least from this area of the brain.  The high sugar count should resolve itself when blood pressure meds go away.

I asked if they’ll do any tests to determine if the profusion is working.  The best way to do that is by having another angiogram.  Both Tom and I said no, it’s not worth the risk when it appears it is working just by the visual progress seen daily.  Dr. Thorell really doesn’t want to do it either.

Tom is allowing himself to sleep more, less anxiety, and getting more speech, occupational, and physical therapy daily.  They gave me a resistance band to do the exercise with Tom.  I’m looking forward to working out with Tom.  It won’t be boot camp style, but then again for Tom it will feel like it.  Currently, they are fixing the EEG probes as one came loose and we laughed at the way Tom’s head looked.  He asked us not to laugh, but it was funny.  Jeff and I thought we could just put it back in but it didn’t appear to have a place for it on his head.  A tech person was on his way in anyway to re wrap Tom’s head, so he took care of the loose wire.

Tom wasn’t feeling hungry but I told him he had to eat lunch anyway.  He devoured the sandwich. I told him to slow down, Tom was worried his ice cream would melt. After eating he was tired, and took a little cat nap.  Speech continues to come and go, meaning the fluency of it.  Tom wrote sentences today during speech therapy.  One thing that’s improved is his handwriting is better than before. He’s a bit more tired, as he should.  He hasn’t slept for almost three weeks.

Continue to pray and hope we’re out of ICU in three days or so.