Sunday Update

Over the past few days that Bob has been in the ICU he has had tons of visitors.  Although we always knew what an amazing person Bob is, the family has been overwhelmed at the amount of people Bob has made an impact on.  At times, all the chairs in the ICU waiting room have been filled with family and friends of Bob.  Thank you all for your visits and encouraging words!

Although the first few days Bob was in the ICU the nurses were very nice about letting people back to see him, they have started to limit visitors to just family.  We want to thank those who have been coming to the hospital to see Bob, but at this point the nurses have decided that it is best to limit visitors so that Bob can rest.  In the past day Bob has had a fever and been diagnosed with a sinus infection.  We are hoping that through this blog we can keep everyone updated and let you know when Bob is moved from the ICU and can have visitors.  

Now, the important stuff, PROGRESS....

Bob had an EEG yesterday that came back negative, which is good.  It showed that there was no seizure activity.  His EKG also came back good.  The doctors took Bob off of Morphine and the sedative hoping that they could begin to wake him up and have him follow simple commands (open your eyes, squeeze my hand).  Although Bob is off the morphine drip, he does continue to get morphine shots when he becomes agitated.  Bob remains on a ventilator, feeding tube and the drain in his head to relieve pressure.  He is starting to respond to voices.  He has opened his eyes very slightly on a few occasions and moved his left hand and leg.  We won't know for another couple weeks if these movements are voluntary, or involuntary.  At times Bob has responded to certain voices and even attempted to pick his head up off the pillow.  Bob is also starting to exhibit a gag reflex.  He will have another CAT scan in the morning to determine if there has been any change with the bleeding.  

One of his nurses made a comment that she expects him to come to the hospital in December with Christmas cookies.  With 4 siblings, 2 kids, a wife, multiple nieces and nephews, a mother and tons of friends always in the ICU he is going to need to bring a lot of cookies to thank the nurses for not only taking such great care of him, but also putting up with the Morden clan!

Thanks again to everyone for all the prayers and positive thoughts.