We have more information today regarding dad's progress. The awesome nurse who has been caring for dad (Brownie) has been able to setup to FaceTime chats with her personal iPhone because I think she realized that we need to see him. The nurse also updated us on what was going on today with dad. They have started to test his mental cognitive functions by giving commands to see if he can wiggle a toe or raise a hand. His right side responds to verbal commands and his left side responds to pain stimulus. Both are good because it means that his brain is connected to the nerves through out his body.
Mom, Shawn, Lee, Kendall and myself was able to see to see him for about 4 minutes. He responded to mom's voice the best. He was able to blink his eyes at us but not much more than that.
We missed the call from the Doctor Nick Gamboa, the neuro-surgeon on dad's case. He somehow used Carries' cell which is set to Do-No-Distrub during her work hours. We looked him up on line and decided he looked to young to be a doctor!
The nurse called back for the second FaceTime about a half hour ago. Mom, Shawn, Lee, Erma and Carrie were able to see him. Of course he still responded to mom's voice the best. But it could have been the drugs. It was a short FaceTime and we were unable to record either FaceTime today. However, Carrie is working on getting that taken care of for tomorrow.
Everyone needs to prepare themselves to see dad. The medical team needed to shave his head for the drain they put in to drain fluid off his brain. He has a few marker marks above his browse in the center of his forehead as well as an other mark on his left side. The nurse told us dad will most likely need some type of physical and occupational therapy once he is out of the ICU and when he comes home.
They will try again tomorrow to take out the breathing tube. His stats were a little low to for him to and the medical team doesn't want to add any more stress to his system.
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