Praise God!!! We went in for the 11am visit and they have taken the sedation off. He is still "out of it" for a lack of better words as it will take days for him to come fully awake. He was able to open his eyes when the nurse said, "Tim open your eyes for me". He keeps them open for a couple of seconds but then will open them again if you ask him to, as few seconds, etc. Also she has been able to get him to move his fingers on both hands when she is holding his hand and asking him to, this is not consistant with everytime. When you are talking to him you can see his eyes moving around (under his eye lids) responding to you talking. Also he will do some closed eye blinking. When a friend David was in with mom and they were talking/praying for him a tear formed in the corner of his eye. Also we could tell from when we went to the point of being asleep to waking up some...he didn't open his mouth but you could see in his throat that he was having some gagging reflexes. He did this about 4 times and then stopped and was ok with the tube down his throat.
Last night went fantastic overall, they didn't have to shock him nor did they have to do any blood transfusions. The lung Dr came him early this morning and the nurse told us that as a result of them draining the fluid off of his chest and them having a drain connected to his chest his lungs are performing stronger. So there is hope there that if the fluid retention can stop that his lungs will continue to strengthen. The Cardio Dr was in there when we were at 11 and he said that his heart is beating at an irregular heartbeat although this is nothing to worry about. They are not going to shock him to change it because his heartrate is still normal (on his own) and other vital signs are doing well and stable....YES he actually used the word stable...first time. Of course things are still very critical and he is still on alot of machines as before (that hasn't changed from last night) but it was great to hear that word! They said that over a few days his heart could adust itself and so with things going so well they are going to give it that chance.
Well I hope I have remembered everything. Thank you for the continued prayer! Please keep up the prayers, support, visits, etc! Praise God!!!!!
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