January 17, 2006

Tuesday Mikey Update

GOOD NEWS!

from DaGoddess:

"I spoke with Mrs. Mikey a while ago and this is the update I received:

Sedation was lowered and Mikey responded. The nurse was wiping his
face with a cloth, he seemed to like it, and turned toward her. She
told him to turn his head back the other way but he wouldn't do so.
Mrs. Mikey told him to turn his head toward her, and he did!

At one point, Mrs. Mikey was talking to her friend about him and he
pulled her arm. She asked him if he wanted her to stop talking about
him and he pulled her arm again. She stopped talking about him and he
relaxed.

They've reduced his blood pressure medication because his blood pressure has come down. Yay!

His blood pressure and his ICP are lowest when his daughter is by his side.

This is all good news. Very good news. Still, he's not out of the
woods yet. The doctor has told Mrs. Mikey that there is brain damage,
no doubt about it. How much? They don't know yet. And the stroke
occurred in the part of the brain that controls personality and
cognitive ability. Mikey may not be the same guy he was before."

So, good news and bad, mostly good news, though, and we'll all just have to wait and see....



Posted by caltechgirl at January 17, 2006 05:09 PM | TrackBack
Comments

That is wonderful news.

Posted by: oddybobo at January 18, 2006 08:02 AM

I don't know any of you from Adam, but the news about your friend Mikey is the most depressing thing I've heard all day. I checked his blog as a result and was touched by the Sci Fi Friday post (one of my favorites too). I hope your friend pulls through with all of his wits about him.

Posted by: cube at January 18, 2006 10:52 AM