Thursday, October 25, 2007

2:45 pm CA time

My mom just called with great news! The spinal tap came back negative - no infection in the brain!! The sputem culture came back positive with a very specific type of infection that they can treat with a specific antibiotic instead of the broad spectrum antibiotic they've been giving him. The doctors are very hopeful that once this infection is beat, the fevers will stop and David will be on his way out of ICU!

He was visited by the physical therapist today and he was not so cooperative! He apparently is attempting to kick the doctors! My mom thought this was great and dad's worried about rewarding negative behavior!! His right foot somehow fell off the side of the bed a little bit and he was able to pull it back up onto the bed. He seems to have a lot more strength in his left side and is pushing against them when they push on his left arm and hand. They asked him to lift up his left leg and he wiggled his left toes and lifted his left leg ever so slightly. He's been moving his lips around the last few days. His eyes are fully opened although the pupils are still different sizes. His right eye blinks when something comes at it, but his left eye doesn't. Rose handed him her cell phone in his right hand and David brought his hand towards his head and tilted his head down towards his hand. They didn't actually meet, but they could tell he was intending to put the phone up to his ear! Tomorrow morning there will be a video phone conference call between my mom, Dr. Lepler (David's main dr. at Walter Reed), and a dr. at Palo Alto. They will discuss David's condition and his needs and what they will do for him at Palo Alto. Our prayers have once again been answered! God is good and my faith is again renewed that David is in His hands and there is no safer place for him to be.

Kelli is making a video for David to show him once he recovers. It shows his journey thus far put to music and is really sweet. She called and asked if I would post her e-mail address so that if anyone wanted to contribute by writing 1 or 2 sentences that they would like to tell David, you can send it to her at: kelli.manning@calbaptist.edu . I think David will really appreciate anything you'd have to say.

Thanks again for your prayers and support,
Christa