I had a good talk with Dr. Nelson this evening. He had come out to replace the ventric. I was disappointed, feeling that she was pretty close to having it out and I hated to go back.
Dr. Nelson agreed to wait a little longer. Because she is able to follow commands, which shows very high-order thinking, the staff will go back to hourly tests. Presuming those continue well, we will be able to keep the ventric out and perhaps remove the breathing tube tomorrow. She will also get a new CT-Scan in the morning as Dr. Nelson has lost visibility of what's going on.
There is some risk with this, but Dr. Nelson is comfortable with it and agrees that it could speed up recovery.
She was doing very well and managing her ICP pretty well yesterday, now she has to. Kind thoughts, prayers, fingers crossed and shaking of voodoo talismans are appreciated.
Posted by jk at April 4, 2005 10:24 PM