He convincingly followed commands!!! He wouldn't open his eyes or his mouth, but he was able to move all 4 extremities briskly, immediately after the command, and in succession 6 times. So... he can at least hear us! So... he isn't fully awake yet, and no guarantees how long that will be, but he is moving in the right direction! This is our first brain injury (DAI) good news, soooo Yeah! Day 6, so before 1 week!
LOTSA' big smiles, happy hearts, and sighs of relief in ICU north right now!...and an immediate prayer of thanks!
They fully removed the sedative today for the first time, he became very very very restless, but they kept him safe and let him squirm rather than putting him back on the sedative. They have been giving him Percocet and Morphine today for the pain, so I wondered if that would slow him from waking up. And.. he hasn't woken up completely, but.... it is great progress toward that goal/a first step....the first step we have been waiting for!
The prayers are working! Thank you Thank you Thank you! We're still not completely out of the woods yet, so keep them up, but your voices have been heard! We are seeing the results and our Heavenly Father has let us know that he is with Scott and us.
I will post the daily victories later...he has made progress in a number of areas today! But... I had to get this out as soon as I could. Happy day!
We love you all!
Patti
Oh my goodness! You made my day, week month! I've been so worried today and thinking about Scott and all of you literally all day. Thank you so much for updating us! Much love and prayers from the Van Eerden's!
ReplyDeleteSo happy to hear this! Happy dances at our house!
ReplyDeleteSo nice to hear the great news. Please know that the Trimbles love you, Ashley and have been praying for all of you. May God continue to bless you all. Ashley, your post yesterday brought tears to my eyes. For someone so young, you are so spiritually ahead of many. You are truly blessed. You are an inspiration to me!We love you! Keep those chins up. You have many friends in Utah praying for you and Scott, and I also know that Heavenly Father is mindful of you.
ReplyDeleteYay!! That is so great! Woot woot!!
ReplyDeleteThrilled with this news!!!
ReplyDeleteSO SO Happy to hear this. Thank you for all of the updates. We will keep the prayers going.
ReplyDeleteGo Scott !!!! Great news, love you guys, Mike Pewters.
ReplyDeleteIt's so nice to get good news! We wish we could give all of you a big hug... Please know of our love and continued prayers! Mark & Debbie
ReplyDeleteOhhhhh Patti!!! I'm so happy! Jeff & I send BiG HUGS!!! to everyone there- things will get moving in the right direction, Scott is being loved & he's so strong!!! Keep sending the news- loving the blog!!! WE LOVE YOU SCOTTY DOOOOOO
ReplyDeletePatti,
ReplyDeleteIt's Jennifer ("Desdemona" from the LE forums) here. I just read the news and got caught up here on the blog. My heart goes out to you and your family. Certainly you will be in my thoughts and prayers. Todays news sounds wonderfully hopeful.
Love and hugs,
J