[BillyB]

This morning's update from DeAnna's facebook page. Sounds like slow but steady progress-

The trauma doc was just in here and looked at Dad. Dad raised his eyebrows when they said his name, and was able to blink once after a verbal command, but wouldn't do it twice. He still has a clot in his arm from the PICC line. Dad's doing pretty well, but they don't want to remove the vent or change him to a trach while they're still watching that clot and while he's still on blood thinners. Dr. Vasquez also said that Dad's probably still trying to come out of the medication fog from all of the heavy medications he's had. Dr. Vasquez said Dad looks a lot better than he did a week ago, and that we just need to give him more time to wake up a little more and hopefully get some more responses out of him before it's safe to extubate him or anything else. They did change him to a sitting up-type position, and he seems to be handling that pretty well. I've also seen him move his arms, legs, and lift his head off the bed today. So good job Dad, just a small improvement each day! Also, as I finished typing the this, his nurse came back in and said that they're going to take out his PICC line and replace it with a regular IV, so hopefully this will reduce the clot and aid in its healing.