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13 July 30, 2006 at 09:53 PM PDT
Terry had a challenging evening last night with mucous in his lungs from the pneumonia. This morning, they were able to suction out the lungs and Terry had a marked improvement. He was given a couple doses of Manidol to control the cranium pressure today. I think the lowest was 9 and the highest was 29. Terry is now on a feeding tube to the small intestine through his nose. The nurse joked with me this afternoon that he was having a cheeseburger shake. His fever is gone and Terry looks good. They conducted an ultrasound today to check for blood clots. It appears that he does not have any clots in his system and this is a big relief. I heard while Staci was in the room, Terry passed some gas so he must be enjoying the cheeseburger shake. Tomorrow, Terry will most likely have a catscan done on his head. In addition, around 4 am this morning they will begin taking him off the paralytic medicine. Terry is receiving a sedative, a paralytic, and morphine. Once the paralytic is reduced, Terry may start to have some movement. Depending on how this goes will determine future next steps. Thanks again to everyone for your thoughts and prayers. We pray that Terry has a restful evening tonight. David Quilleon

Update from David Quilleon

12 July 29, 2006 at 11:15 PM PDT
Debbie and I just left the hospital tonight and Terry is doing well. His cranium pressure was between 18 and 20. Earlier in the evening, his pressure was at 27 and they had to give him a dose of medicine to stabilize it. The nurses on duty should give him extra special care tonight as we brought them the most amazing pizza from La Vera. Terry looks good. He had a very good day. He will not be having a cat scan until Monday as the doctors really want Terry to remain stable and not experience too much movement. We spent time today with the Stoltz family in the waiting room. It is amazing how fast the time goes by when sharing stories. We are so very thankful and touched by the incredible support of all our friends and family around the world. Your prayers and thoughts are most certainly making a difference in Terry's journey to recover from this accident. I know that Staci is so grateful for the wonderful outpouring of sentiments on this site. Over the last 7 days, Terry has been the recipient of several units of blood. Around the world, units of blood are used to save lives everyday. We are so thankful for the donors who provided the units to Terry. If you would like to donate blood, please do so in Terry's name. Our friends in Amsterdam, Julia and TD Dunlap shared with us today that TD's father is a doctor at Santa Rosa. Dr. Dunlap stopped by to check on Terry yesterday and shared that the team is very optimistic about a full recovery. Julia and TD along with their children will be in Santa Rosa this Thursday and we are very much looking forward to seeing them. On behalf of the Paul's, the O'Preys and all of Terry's friends, we thank you for your continued love, support, friendship, and prayers. David Quilleon

From Carepages.com and David Quilleon

July 29, 2006 at 09:29 AM PDT
Terry had a very stable night. Last night, Terry had a significant fever and this morning, it is down. His cranium pressure is stable. He received a new bed this morning and it has a vibration mechanism in it. The previous bed was not long enough for his legs and rolled around, Terry did not respond very well to the rolls. We have not heard yet about a scan this morning. David Quilleon

A post from Jeneva

Staci,
My prayers are for Terry's full recovery and for your strength through this traumatic time. I will be reading the blog daily to check in on Terry's progress.
With deep sympathy & lots of love,
Jeneva

Friday Afternoon Update

I just spoke with Terry Sr. and received a report on Terry's cat scan this morning. Terry continues to remain stablized and the doctors are pleased with his progress. In addition, the decision was made to not insert the feeding tube today. There was a concern about conducting that procedure since Terry's head would have to be flat. They will continue to use other resources to make sure Terry has the proper nutirents for recovery. We are thrilled with this news and continue to celebrate the postive spirit that surrounds Terry.
David Quilleon

Update from David Quilleon

9 July 27, 2006 at 08:58 PM PDT
Anne, Terry, and I met with Dr. Abu Harris this afternoon in the intensive care and he has recommended a feeding tube to be inserted directly through the stomach. This feeding tube will provide a more direct route for the nutrients that Terry needs. They plan to conduct the procedure tomorrow sometime. It will take 35 - 45 minutes and the procedure is called a percankous gas tube - or something like that. He will be taken down to radiology for the inserting of the tube and his head will have to be flat for the surgery. Anne was a bit worried about that but the Dr. mentioned that he is looking at the total body and the risk v. Benefit - this procedure will assist him and the nurses in providing the best care. Today, Terry's temperature has been high, hovering around 101 and his bandages were changed this morning. His pressure in the head has been between 18 - 20. His white blood cell count is beginning to decrease, which is a very good sign. No cat scan done today because too much going on.The doctor also mentioned that starting next week, Terry may also receive a trachiotomy. Debbie and I are on our way to Pleasanton tonight. We will be back in Santa Rosa tomorrow.Thanks for all of your continued prayers. David Quilleon

Update from BK

Terry had a decent and stable night last night. The medical staff is now trying to get the blood pressure up a bit as this will help with the healing process. They also removed and replaced the bandages on his head, this had caused the blood pressure and brain pressure to increase slightly but they believe it will go back down. All in all it seems that the medical staff is, happy with the progress. They didn't do another CAT scan this morning instead this will take place possibly later today or this evening.

a note from Carrie Stoltz

I was out to see Terry yesterday afternoon and arrived when the Dr had come back with the CT scan results. The neurologist had poked his head in the waiting room and indicated that the scan looked good. David (Debbie's husband) and I went in to see Terry and asked about the pneumonia and the nurse on duty indicated that although the fever hadn't come down (still around 38.7C or 100F) the white count had come down which indicated that the they had chosen the right antibiotics for the pneumonia. She also indicated that a fever was pretty normal for a patient with head injury because the brain normally runs all the thermoregulation in the body...they call them neurofevers.
Terry Sr. called Fern to interpret the CT scans around 3pm. She was a kind lady and reminded all of us that our role as friends and family is to be here for Terry and not get caught up in the medicine. She indicated that Terry was stable and where they wanted him to be at this point in time. She brought two groups of us back to explain the CT scans and answer any questions. They were pleased to see progress in the CT scans and that the brain stem wasn't compressed by the swelling anymore. She showed that the bruising had appeared to lessen as well. She said they were pleased that they were able to only give one dose of the medication that reduces the pressure within the brain and that that was only necessary because of moving him to get the CT scan. They also reduced the blood pressure medicine because his heart seemed to be moving oxygen well itself. They did give him a unit of blood but Fern indicated that was for a hematocrit boost. As she explained, hematocrits carry oxygen in the body and that sometimes your body won't make enough when there has been an injury.
There were lots of visitors today and wish our meeting hadn't been under these circumstances, but it was nice to see/meet all of these people nonetheless.

Also, Fern was also pleased to see that pictures had been posted in Terry's room for him.
David (Debbie's husband) set up a care page for Terry which makes it easier for all of us to post our thoughts for Terry and the family as well as any photos we might have. You can post photos there or can send them to the contact address on the care page. The care page will also have the blog updates on there. This is a really neat site and you all should check it out. Thank you David for setting this up.

Carrie

Update

For today, they took a CAT scan earlier in the day and it came back showing additional signs of improvement. The Blood circulation is better and he remains stable. Terry should remain stable and in this condition through the weekend. Depending on his improvements and swelling, they will consider bringing him out after this weekend from his medically induced coma. This is all good news, but we won't let up on the intensity of our prayers and support.

Its such an emotional challenge dealing with all of this! The other huge challenge is maintaining our patience, not jumping to the conclusions and taking tiny steps, one at a time!

Our thoughts and prayers are with Terry, Stacy, Terence Sr., Ann and all of the other friends and family!

Love, Jason

Terry Oprey

Our family is heart broken to hear the news of Terry's accident and want his parents and Stacy to know that our thoughts and prayers will be with them and Terry until he fully recovers. Thanks for providing the updates on Terry's condition.
Our love and prayers,
Warren and Ingrid Vest

RE: Another Update sent over from BK

T-Rex had a good night.  The pressure is starting to stabilize and they have been able to reduce some of the medication.  The doctor is pleased with his progress.  He is going in this morning for another CAT scan this morning.

BK

FW: A Blog to keep you all updated on Trex..

Terry and the entire O'Prey family,

Keeping positive thoughts for all of you during this trying time. I hope you are all doing as well as each of you can and that Terry will come out of this stronger  than ever.

-Neil Van Slambroook

 

Update

Update:

This information is from Luke as of 11pm tonight. Terry went into surgery tonight because his ICP (intracranial pressure) was higher than the doctors wanted. I believe it was up around 30. The should've started around 11/11:30 pm and lasted about 3 hours. The intent of the surgery is to create gaps in the skull bone so that the brain can swell without putting pressure on the lower brain stem and causing irreparable harm. Read about it at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intracranial_pressure#Treatment_of_increased_ICP if you like.

Terry Oprey

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Terence, you, your beautiful wife, your family and everyone are in all of our prayers. I love you Pal!