Physical Side Progressing

Yesterday afternoon they moved Kathy into a more private room in the ICU unit. Now that she is awake, she is more affected by the noise and commotion in ICU. The private room is much appreciated. (It has a TV!) Her physical progress continues well with yesterday morning and today’s (taken at 4:00 AM) CT scan showing good progress. Her mental improvement has hit a temporary plateau with her left side showing good signs of recovery and her right side stalling. We are all very interested in when they take out her ventilator tubes if she will be able to speak. Dr. Kureshi felt from the very start that the two areas of potential damage would be her right side movement and her speech. I will get a full update from her doctors today and the nurses hope she can get some rest today from her last two days of sleep deprivation.

Kathy spent this afternoon sleeping. She got her hair washed and a bath and fell asleep. The doctors raised her tube receptacle up to 15 cm over her head. Her pressure remained in the 8-10 range. When they get it to 20 cm and her pressure holds they will consider removing the tube. She cannot leave ICU unless the tube is out, period. Other IV’s and tubes have been removed and she is on a steady stream of liquid food. Her progress was hard to gauge because the staff was trying to let her rest today and not put her through a lot of gymnastics. She should be more rested tomorrow.