not many changes today, in Ford or his treatment.
his right leg was moving more today, which is very encouraging, though his right arm remains motionless.
he opened his eyes for a few minutes this afternoon which was also great to see, and both Nick and I took turns holding him in the rocking chair. it reminds me of the early weeks, when it took 3 people to move him into our laps, the delicate transfer of him while intubated.
yes they decided to keep him intubated until tuesday. on monday, he's getting an MRI and a picc line put in, which he'd have to be intubated for anyway. so it's better not to extubate just for one day.
which means they're keeping him pretty sedated, so that he's not too uncomfortable with the tube down his throat. they have discontinued the midazolam and are just running a morphine infusion, and giving occasional chloral.
so we're waiting to get to tuesday. wait wait waiting.
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love, hope, healing, strength, peace, and prayers to any and all deities - medical and spirtual
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Ford you amazing teacher you! To be utilizing the thinking, feeling, and willing forces of so many medical professionals is surely your way of awakening them to something profound.
ReplyDeleteAdd to that the fact that there are a great many of us who have, without even actually having physically touched you, fallen completely in love with you! You are an incredible person xoxoxoxo It will be wonderful when you are all done with this messy medical stuff and can just get out and play in some dirt :)
Dear Christa, Nick, and Ford, Rhonda and Cindy have already said everything it might have occurred to me to say--and a lot more eloquently, too. So this is just to remind you that you're all and always in my thoughts, to send you lots of love, and to hang out with you figuratively for a few minutes while you're all-too-literally wait wait waiting.
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