Mom Update 11/3

Update (5:41pm): The CT scan showed no change in swelling.

Update (4:19pm): Well, it's been a confusing day. The long and the short of it is there isn't any real change. The decrease in swelling yesterday was good, but it was so incremental that it hasn't taken her out of the "danger zone." So she's still in a pretty serious condition and the docs don't have a lot of hope that she will a) be able to move much if at all on the right side or b) that she will have any language comprehension at all. They are having trouble getting her to follow commands, which means she likely doesn't understand. Not new news, but delivered again today (several times) and pretty discouraging. They just did a CT scan and we haven't yet heard the results.

Update (2:11pm): Emily (our awesome nurse) just told me that NO CT scan has been done yet today, so we don't actually know if there is more swelling yet. Today is typically the day of MAX swelling, so perhaps that is what Dr. Teply was referring to...? Now I'm a bit confused, so hang in there (I'm sure you are too). They're going to do a CT scan and we're going to talk to someone in neuro, then hopefully we'll have a clearer picture. Sorry for the confusion - we're trying to figure it out...

I haven't been able to get to the hospital until now and I've learned through the grapevine that for some reason the CT scan didn't happen this morning like we thought it would. So originally we didn't have any results to pass along.

However, Dr. Teply (who is the doc that performed the open heart surgery) said that they finally did the CT scan and it showed that her brain is swelling again and that we may need to revisit the conversation regarding removing a part of her skull. He was quite kind and very empathetic and candidly shared that if the swelling does continue, perhaps it's a more humane way to let her go. She is going to likely be paraplegic and unable to communicate...

The neuro doc is supposed to be on his way to talk with me, so I'll post again when I know more. :(