Steve had a tiring day today. His helmet arrived and this allowed him to be moved to a chair in his room. Yes, even when in a coma, it is good to get out of bed.
Steve did not respond to commands today, but we do get the feeling that he knows when we are in the room. We can see his left eye searching for the voices he hears. His heart rate, breathing and temperature were elevated today and this wears him down. His left lung still shows evidence of fluid and he is doing his best to cough it up. Giving him Tylenol actually settled him down and seemed to help on his fever, (for the first time).
With the helmet on, he can now be turned to his right side in bed. When this was done today, we actually saw better and more deeper breathing. We hope that this ability to turn him to the right will assist in clearing his lung and better allow his body to heal.
Return plans have cleared another hurdle, and we are optimistic.
We have been advised that patience is key to this journey. There will be good and bad days. Please join us in not taking the highs too high and not letting the lows get too low (as the doctors have suggested), and please continue to keep Steve in your thoughts and prayers.
Thanks,
Rob and Mary
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Steve is our teacher right now. He is showing us what we may have foregotten along the way, be patient, enjoy the simple things in life, never take things for granted, and I could go on...I know that Steve has brought me to a deeper appreciation for things, and also the importance of Prayer. I feel great strides are coming, just don't know when.
As always, we will handle what comes, because this is a family, that loves and cares deeply for each other, and the family matriarch is a woman of strong faith, and she will always keep you in line!!
Love to All,
Uncle Don & Aunt Gail
Thanks for the update. I am glad Steve was able to move around a bit. I am sure he appreciated those new positions! Still thinking of all you guys.
:)Dottie
Medical Staff at Suburban Hospital,
To everyone and anyone who has attended to our nephew, I want to say thank you! To the surgeon who's skillfull hands removed the bloodclot from Steve, thank you! You all have given Steve a chance to continue his life's journey, and also have given a family back a young man who can make you smile just by walking into the room. May life's journey be kind to you all.
God's Peace,
Uncle Don & Aunt Gail
We are still praying for Steve and all of you. Just because we are not putting as many comments out here does not mean that we have forgotten about all of you. Looking forward to the post where you tell us about the trip back home.
Karolyn
WE'VE NEVER LEFT YOUR SIDE. OUR PRAYERS CONTINUE ALL DAY LONG. MILESTONES AND OTHERWISE, WE'RE HERE FOR WHATEVER GOD SENDS YOUR WAY IN SMALL WAYS OR HUGE....YOUR STRENGHTH FUELS US...KEEP IT UP !
KATHIE
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