Finally some improvements....

I wish I could take a picture of what I see in front of me right this moment. My Mom is sitting up in a seat in her room in ICU and my Dad is standing slightly behind and next to her. She has her head rested against him and he is rubbing her neck and running his fingers through her hair. The love and devotion that is so evident between them right now takes my breath away and makes me heart so full. It is honestly the most comfortable that I have seen her. When the look at each other they are transformed to the 18 and 20 year olds that you see in their wedding pictures. Although this whole process has been so awful, it is truly touching and amazing to see this level of love between our parents for Dana and I. As I am writing this, it is hard for me to fight back the tears.

Today has been a pretty good day. Mom's speech has improved dramatically just since I was with her last night. She is able to put together clear, concise sentences and seems to be more cognitive and aware. She is still in quite a bit of pain though, which is concerning to us. But the staff here is managing it as best they can. Getting her up in a chair 2 days in a row is a good thing as well. The more she moves around the faster she will heal, so they are making an effort to get her moving. I got to be here today when the neurologist came in to talk to her/us. (Unfortunately for her he in no way resembles McDreamy from Grey's Anatomy.) He said the EEG was done yesterday although he has not been able to see the results yet. This will show us whether or not she has had any more seizures which he was fairly certain she has not. In his opinion the original problem was caused totally by the low blood sugar and once that was corrected her seizures stopped. She will be weaned off the seizure meds over the next few days. He has ordered an MRI for the next few days to see what her brain looks like. He explained it that severe low blood sugar can present like a stroke that affects certain parts of the brain. Where the stroke affects are permanent, the blood sugar ones are not and will fade away as the balance gets corrected. This is great news for us, for the vasy improvement in her speech is a good testament that her body is already righting itself. He said there is a good likelihood she can be transferred out of ICU in the next day or 2 back to the regular care floor. Please keep praying that she continues to improve enough to facilitiate this!

Just with the changes that I have seen from last night to today, I am filled with cautious optimism. I believe in my heart our Mom will recover! We have a long, hard road ahead of us though, so we need those prayers to continue more than ever. We have come pretty close to losing her twice now, so we would like to ask for God's blessing that she will experience nothing but healing from now on! Both my parents are currently snoozing in their chairs while I write this, so I am going to sign off for now. I will right more later today.

Thanks again for your love and prayers! They mean the world to us!!