Day 6 - Morning

I definitely hit an emotional wall this morning. It is so hard going day to day with the feeling of no visible progress being made. I desperately want a milestone to be achieved, but things are just going to take time. I am trying very hard to stay positive and focus on the fact that we haven't had any major setbacks as the progress but I don't always succeed.

He had another spike in his cerebral pressure overnight and this time they are trying to treat it with a paralytic which is inducing a bit of paralysis instead of pushing more saline which is how they've brought down the spikes before. All of the meds/blood pressure/cerebral pressure are such a fine balance. He feeding tube intake has increased but we're waiting to hear from the Dr. if we need to dial that back because of  the paralytic.

His spinal tap results came back and did not show any sign of infection which is good. There may have been a little inflammation but they are waiting for the culture to come back to be sure. There are also still no signs of vasospasm in the brain which is also a plus.