It is now 8:00 PM and we are sitting here with Greg almost 24 hours post op. We know in our souls that we have turned a corner. Although he is still on the Propofol and the ventilator, we feel that today was a great day. This young man has endured so much over the last 15 days and today was truly a day of rest for him. No angiogram, no CT, no wheeling away from his room. His hospital bed has way more miles on it over the past two weeks than does my car. With some luck we can have him off the ventilator in the next day or so.
Last night was terribly long and frightening forfor us, as it must have been for so many of his family and friends. Sometimes it is more difficult when you are removed from the situation, so I really appreciate you all hanging in there with us last night. I hope all my kids can get to bed early and catch up on some well earned sleep. I met the anesthesiologist that has been on two of Greg's surgeries. She said the entire staff is amazed at our families.... I could not agree more,, it has been what has carried us for over two weeks.
We have a ways to go but today awoke with a new sense of optimism!!!!!
We have been overwhelmed with the outpouring of gifts, emails, prayer and hope from everywhere. Gift cards to our new fine dining establishment, Au Bon Pain, fruit from Greg's friends in California, a fine italian meal delivered to the hospital from our friends at KVC and the icing on the cake from son in law Jason, a keyboard for my IPad to make by blogging experience easier. Aside from the keyboard I understand he hand picked a new outfit for Fenway.....so cute!!
We met with Dr Du tonight and if Greg has a positive scan tomorrow they should in fact be able to take him off the ventilator. The biggest challenge moving forward will be battling through the remainder of the vasospasms.
Donna and I are heading back to the hotel to catch up a bit on our sleep as well so my blog is brief. We will catch up more tomorrow with hopefully more positive news and perhaps better rested and with a clearer view of things.
Good night
Mike
PS- John made his usual visit today and he caught up on his golf ball promise. Sorry I missed you while I was napping
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