November 28, 2010: Early days, late nights are nothing compared to the day Brandon has experienced. He continues to improve overall with lucid periods mixed with confusion. He is being pretty good at obeying commands. He has spent most of today trying to remove the remaining tubes from his body.
His lucid moments are fairly promising. When Megan came to visit he asked what happened to her arm. He described seeing people when the accident happened. He asked about Kassi and Branson. When Kassi came to visit they spent several moments trying to decide who loves each other the most. These great advancements are offset by his trying to lick his mom's hand or his sister's forehead.
He has been off sedation all day. It has taken Haldol, Momrphine and constant attention to keep him in bed. His temp is normal, he has been able to keep his oxygen sats up on a nasal cannula, (even with significant stridor or wheezing on breathing out), his blood pressure and pulse remain great, and is left with a foley and PICC (IV) line in place. He is scheduled for a swallow test to see if the feeding tube can remain out and physical therapy. We are hoping he has a good nights sleep and that tomorrow will be as good as today.
When the nurse came on tonight he introduced himself to Brandon and told him he was here to take care of him. Brandon said, "You take care of me and I'll take care of you."
(I've added pictures and video to the following posts; Day Five - Thursday - Part Two, Day Six - Friday - Part Two, Day Seven - Saturday - Part Two. Don't tell Brandon, I don't want his to get mad at me because he is embarrassed.)
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