Sunday. All the days run together. Overnight Laura started to wake more and stay up longer and the ache of the breaks, lacerations, and abrasions bother her for the first time, at least that she verbalizes. They gave her morphine at 4am and she (and I) sleep nicely until 8:30am
Haig Colter arrives from Bethesda and proves great assistance to Tom, Judy, and Sam. They pull a fast one on me, and trick me into a hotel stay so I get even more sleep but miss an orthopedist visit.
Laura is awake more and verbalizes better, but has no memory.
Sunday evening the neurosurgeon confirms that the left leg weakness is not brain injury related, but likely a nerve issue. This is good news and bad. Good in that her right leg and left arm are "fine" in that they function. Right arm has broken clavicle and elbow laceration. And left leg is likely explained by nerves, thus there are no major functional physical issues due to brain damage. That's great news! Bad news in that perional nerve damage and "drop foot" does not generally heal.
Sunday evening Laura is transferred out of ICU into critical care unit. Security is strong thanks to two full-time police guarding the federal prisoner residing next door.
All told, Sunday is a quiet day in the hospital, and while Laura is awake more frequently it is never for long so she gets a good day of rest.
Haig Colter arrives from Bethesda and proves great assistance to Tom, Judy, and Sam. They pull a fast one on me, and trick me into a hotel stay so I get even more sleep but miss an orthopedist visit.
Laura is awake more and verbalizes better, but has no memory.
Sunday evening the neurosurgeon confirms that the left leg weakness is not brain injury related, but likely a nerve issue. This is good news and bad. Good in that her right leg and left arm are "fine" in that they function. Right arm has broken clavicle and elbow laceration. And left leg is likely explained by nerves, thus there are no major functional physical issues due to brain damage. That's great news! Bad news in that perional nerve damage and "drop foot" does not generally heal.
Sunday evening Laura is transferred out of ICU into critical care unit. Security is strong thanks to two full-time police guarding the federal prisoner residing next door.
All told, Sunday is a quiet day in the hospital, and while Laura is awake more frequently it is never for long so she gets a good day of rest.
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