November 26, 2010: We are still waiting for morning rounds. We came in the room this morning for what is becoming all too familiar. Brandon was on Propofol was at 45 with active movement - straining against his restraints. The plan today remains much the same as before. Wean off sedation and ventilator by trying to find the magical combination of other meds to reduce the sedation.
His day was full of activity. He had his feeding tube replaced and his caloric requirement evaluated. We are now waiting for rounds and his sedation vacation. I am interested to see if he can repeat his eye opening of yesterday. His fever remains and lungs continue to clear.
Yesterday we had two small world experiences. Brandon's friend Chris and his wife Chelsey came to see Brandon. Chelsey told us how she was at work talking about what had happened to Brandon. One of her co-workers said that her grandparents had told her a story of stopping to help at their accident. We have also been spending many hours in the waiting room with another lady whose husband fell and hit his head on the ice last week. They are also dealing with prolonged head injury issues. Yesterday they had a visitor who turned out to be one of the individuals that stopped to help Brandon and Kassi after their accident. He was able to give a pretty descriptive account of what they saw and were able to accomplish. Their efforts are directly responsible for Kassi being here today. It made us realize just how fortunate we really are for everyone involved to be doing as well as they are.
We remain hopeful and grateful for all the expressions of concern and you prayers. Thank you to everyone for all they are doing.
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