update

This morning at 9:00 am,we met with Dr. Grollmas regarding Terry's CAT scan yesterday. Anne had us all up and to the hospital by 6:00 am to wait for the doctor. There are no changes on the scan and the swelling and bruising is still readily seen. Terry will be receiving the tracheostomy and feeding tube line directly to the small intestine on Friday. The doctor feels like Terry is at a much better spot for these procedures. The infection of pneumonia that Terry is fighting is causing lots of mucous in the chest. Once the trach is put in, the chance for future infections are reduced. Terry will slowly be removed off of the sedative medication starting today. The doctor anticipates that the sedative, Verset will be out of his system by the weekend. It will be a very slow process and there are no predictions from the doctor about a response. The doctor did suggest that Terry will most likely not remember the past 10 days or the next couple of weeks. Terry's cranium pressure was stable at 12-15 and he continues to have a low grade fever. There are no plans at this time to take Terry off of the morphine drip. We were able to ask a number of questions to the doctor this morning. He said that it would be at least a year before we fully understood the damages that have been done to Terry's brain. He also reiterated that this will be a long journey and that we all need to take things day by day. While Staci visited with Terry this morning, she was able to see his eyes open slightly. Around 12:30, Terry squeezed the hands of both Debbie and Staci. The hospital hosted a mass today for Terry. There is most definitely power in prayer and we continue to pray for Terry's recovery each day. We also must remember that with all of the news from the doctor, good and bad, the one thing that never changes is that Terry is still a son, husband, brother, relative, and friend to us all. David Quilleon