Tuesday 28Jan

 

Brian has to wear this mitt when no one is in the room with him (and also sometimes when we are in there) because he has started to touch and pull on things he can't be messing with, like his trach, peg, leads, and catheter. He hates hates hates hates hates the mitt. Yesterday when I first got to the hospital I saw him bite the mitt to try and pull it off. Today he started to try and use his left hand to pull it off. This is showing he has good problem solving skills and also has the dexterity in his left hand to try and pull this off. Pretty soon he is going to be able to take this mitt off. 

Today he also spent some time in the chair. One thing that the nurses do here are neuro checks every so often and today his nurse did them when he was in the chair. She asked Brian to wiggle his toes and he did it right away and wiggled all 10 toes. This is such a good sign that he will be able to walk post rehab. He still has the neural pathway to his toes (and legs since we see those moving a lot) and will just need to rebuild the muscle in rehab. Hopefully!  

We still haven't heard anything about the pneumonia but Brian was already on an antibiotic so they will continue that. He also hasn't spent time yesterday or today on the trach collar since it is much more difficult to suction his secretions with the trach collar. He instead has been doing spontaneous breathing with his ventilator. This is still making Brian breathe on his own it just isn't quite as good as with the trach collar, but they need to be able to suction him (especially if he does have pneumonia). 

That's all for today! We love you all so much and can really feel everyone's support! Hopefully I can continue with positive updates and more information on transferring to the LTAC soon! 

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