What a great day we have had communicating with Chris. His heart rate remains about 115 and he is still in atrial flutter, but he's awake , moving about and is in good spirits. Chris manages to get me to soak the swabs in cold water for him-on one swab I forgot to test the water before I soaked it-when I put it in his mouth he spit the swab back at me-it was warm water. He has had the TV on -of course since college basketball isn't on he settled for football and even watched the end of a NASCAR race with Tammy, his nurse. They continue to lower one medication, very slowly-he needs to be off of it in order to take him off of the vent again. The vent has been turned down a bit, Chris is taking some breaths on his own. I know it is frustrating for Chris having to "mouth" what he wants to say-I am not the best at reading lips, but we seem to be managing. I have relayed stories I read online from the newspapers at home, shared all of the comments and emails that have been received and we have had some laughs. Today has just been a much better day all around. I don't anticipate any other changes tonight. Hopefully tomorrow he will continue to improve and come off of the vent. I'll post again after I see him in the morning. Take Care MJ
Evening Update-When we left Chris this evening he had a bit more fever-they are hoping Tylenol will take of it. He had been awake most of the evening, we left him watching Desperate Housewives. MJ