Wednesday evening:
Sarah said that Mike had a good day. He was on the T-piece without any ventilator support since 3pm. I spoke with her at about 6:45pm (right before shift change). She said he is more awake and alert and easily opens his eyes when addressed. She said that the mouthing words game is going pretty well. She started to see a little bit of his personality peeking through. She had to remind him to hold his arms still for a couple of more days. She said they did a video on face wound care today as an education piece. I'm not exactly sure what that means... it sounded like it was for family who would be involved in his care (an instructional video, I think) Anyway, it would be good to see, eh? I will try to find out more about it.

Sarah said Michael has definitely moved out of the "critically stable" condition. She sounded hopeful that, if he can keep breathing on his own, they can wean him from the vent and oxygen support, move to a nasal cannula (that tube that you see on TV that goes under the nose) and get him up and moving. Then the physical therapists get to really get going on him. Okay, that's all for now. Thank you for tuning in and praying for Mike. I know the prayers are making a difference.

More later,
and so we go
JaCee