Doug and I visited with Glen this evening. He is still asleep, although we did see him opening and closing his eyes once in a while. His pupils are still small and he wasn't focusing on anything. He is yawning off and on and we thought that was a pretty good sign. The doctor called that more of a primitive reflex than an awareness. Another CT scan was done this evening and it appears that Glen has some swelling on his brain. The likely cause is oxygen deprivation when he stopped breathing on Tuesday afternoon. The swelling did not show up in the first CT scan, but the doctor suspected there might be some swelling in the brain as Glen just hasn't woken up, so he ordered the 2nd one today. We may not know for a couple more days what treatment the neurologists can offer to reduce the swelling or if he will wake up on his own. He needs to wake up soon!
It is not sounding really good at this point, but that doesn't mean we give up hope or that we quit visiting and talking and letting him know that we are here for him. We don't know if the neurologists will be able to do anything to help the swelling in the brain, or if when Glen does wake up whether he will have significant brain damage or just possibly an alteration of personality. We can prepare for the worst and be pleasantly surprised when he turns around and comes out of this and makes the best recovery possible.
Will publish a new update when we have something more to share. Thank all of you for your continued support. Darla
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