my brother
Tuesday, April 13, 2004
Just a quick update...They took the breathing tube out yesterday. He's breathing on his own, if somewhat labored. The CAT scan from yesterday showed no additional bleeding, and no brain swelling.
They're easing up on the sedating & pain meds to try to get him to wake up, to see if they can find out how much of anything he remembers. He's still not truly "aware", although mom said she's been able to calm him when he gets agitated*, so apparently he's at least recognizing her voice.
*(which is rather ironic considering the two of them butt heads A LOT, and sometimes viciously)
The hospital staff say there's a possibility of a personality change (we're hoping for a good personality change if that's the case), memory loss (his injury was to the frontal lobe), and potentially even the loss of remembering how to do mundane things like walking... although they're not too worried about the latter since he does thrash his arms & legs when he gets agitated, so on some level he still remembers how to move his limbs.
For now it's a waiting game.
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