The pulmonologist, Dr. Young, and the neurologist, Dr. Nadella, both came to visit Steve after dinner tonight (dinner was tenderloin, mashed potatoes, peas/carrots, with sugar free chocolate pudding, a roll and fresh, unsweetened tea). Brian Landrum came to visit which was fun.
Both doctors are pleased with Steve. Dr. Young wants to see Steve moved to a regular room. They are doing daily evaluations to see if he can be moved out of ICU. Steve asked Dr. Nadella: "Since I went down so fast, and now I am improving at a steady pace, can I expect the rate of improvement to continue to be steady, or should I expect a plateau or slowing before another improvement?" Dr. Nadella said that Steve will continue to improve at the same rate. But with Steve's diabetes the overall recovery may take a while; it may still be years before all of the tingling goes away or the weaknesses. So my next post may be from my iPad, sitting in a regular hospital room, getting ready to sleep on a chair/bed.
Steve was made to sit up for about 5 minutes today. Steve said that he has lost a lot of strength in his lower back so he kind of hunched over. But he did put his feet on the floor. He thinks that all the physical activity he got today has helped the restlessness he was feeling. After the 5 minutes, he started feeling dizzy, but the neurologist confirmed that the dizziness was normal. He's been on his back for 7 days.
I spent quite some time adjusting Steve's CPAP machine straps, so hopefully he will sleep better tonight.
There have been so many cards and emails and texts. I got a text this afternoon, "Praying for Steve!" but I didn't recognize the number. So I replied, "Thank you! I don't know whose number this is but thank you for the prayers!"
I got: "Your pastor!"
"Oops."
"Put me in your phone book!"
"Done."
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