I did go to the hospital at 1:00 and talked to the nurses. Yes, Glen is still asleep. The results of the blood work and cultures for infection are not back yet, so they still don't know if he has some kind of super bug or not and we are going to talk with them hopefully this evening to see if anything has been found.
The neurologists have been by twice today already. They have not ordered another CT scan to see if there has been any change in Glen's brain yet, but they are considering doing an MRI to map it and take a look. He has reflex action in the upper portion of his body, but still none in his extremities. He has some kind of encephalopathy (which is a disorder of the brain), but they are still not finding an explanation for it yet. Thus the testing.
He's still receiving medication to keep his blood pressure where it should be. Everything has to be done in small increments for Glen. Reducing the medication too much, causes too big a drop at a time, so they are weaning him gradually from the higher dose.
I know we'd all like answers RIGHT NOW as to what happened to Glen and why - and why couldn't they have foreseen it. I wish it was that simple, don't you all? Just as it's been a setback for Glen, it's been a setback for all the doctors and for all his family and friends. Feels like we're starting over - but this time it's a fight against an unknown enemy.
Please keep praying and keep Glen in your thoughts during the days ahead. Once the neurologists finish with the testing they are doing, maybe we will have a few answers or at least a prognosis of what to expect these next few days. I look at his yawning, and coughing as good signs that he at least has reflexes that work - so maybe in the next several days he'll gradually wake up from that deep sleep he's having. Wish him good dreams
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