Sunday, October 14, 2007

9:10am (DC time)

We went to the hospital this morning at 6:30 because we knew they were going to take him off of his sedatives and we wanted to catch all the doctors making their rounds. He was even better this morning! He moved his fingers on his right hand individually. He squeezed our hands and wiggled his toes. He still doesn't do anything on command, but as the neurosurgeon told us later, localized movement is a huge improvement!!! When the neurosurgeon and his team of drs. went in his room and closed the door we could hear him yelling at David to "WAKE UP, DAVID! DAVID, WAKE UP! WIGGLE YOUR TOES, DAVID! OPEN YOUR EYES, DAVID!" I personally added, "in the name of Jesus!" after each of his commands! The other good news is that they are going to remove his bolt that is in his head that has been measuring his ICP (intercranial pressure). They said the pressure has been staying low, so they will go ahead and remove it. The bolt was keeping the dr.s from doing and MRI, so he also scheduled him for an MRI this evening. Then the ICU dr. came by with his team and said that he would like to take out David's chest tubes that have been sucking extra air out of his chest cavity. He said he doesn't think he needs them anymore! He also wants to do a tracheostomy to put his respirator directly into his trachea. This will help prevent any infection and get rid of the uncomfortable tubes down his throat. His feeding tube will then be put directly into his stomach. The trache will be a long term thing since he will probably be on the ventilator for quite awhile. The tracheostomy will probably happen on Mon. or Tue. this week. God is proving once again to be faithful! Keep praying! David is putting up a good fight! I made sure to tell the neurosurgeon (who gave us the awful news Fri.) that "David is going to prove you wrong! You just watch!" He smiled and said that yes, he is making great progress! Please continue to write in our Guestbook thingy... your comments and prayers have literally been what holds us together!
Love you all
Christa