Dr. Anderson

Greetings from Sunny Chicago! Dr. Anderson, the neurosurgeon, just came in and he said that he was very hopeful that dad would keep improving. He is strong. He squeezed Dr. Anderson's hands and pushed against him to show that he has strength. They suction him out through his breathing tube and he HATES it. It makes him cough and it must feel like he can't breathe. He keeps trying to mouth things to us and it is hard to read his lips. He doesn't get mad, just frustrated when we can't figure it out. The ammonia levels have dropped some, but are still high. His body is finally taking in nutrition. The feeding tube seems to be helping with this. Dr. Anderson said his head CT looked good. He also said that they want to be really careful in trying to wean him off of the respirator because he wants to be positive that dad can breath on his own. He is resting pretty well right now. They are trying to cut back on some of the pain medicine because he is sort of out of it. But, he is getting rest. As always, he despises the respirator. It is probably good that he is restrained or else that baby would be yanked out!

Thanks for reading my new blog! We have 15 followers right now and my mom and I are very excited. Melody is here with us too. Melody takes our laundry home and does it for us since we are still at the hotel. We are going to stay at the hotel until dad is out of the ICU. Dr. A didn't get us a timeline on the ICU stay, but I'm assuming atleast a couple more days. We are starting to rub off on Mel because she cries at random things sometimes now. Bucky and Melody are the strong ones that always think of the good questions....and my Uncle Mike when he's up here.

Anyway, I will post some more later. We love you all and thanks for the prayers! We really appreciate all of you:)