Evening Update, Phone Update and Prayer Requests

TJ's MRI showed that everything was normal, so that is good. The apraxia is still a concern, and Mary Ann thinks that it is likely, but we'll see.

It's possible that TJ is doing better today than we realized. I just left the hospital and he was watching the news again, and nodding to (some) questions asked. He looked like he had a better idea of what was going on around him, but it's hard to say for sure.

A note from TJ's younger brother Jon is especially encouraging, as it speaks to why TJ was so tired today:

Jon,

Just read the blog and the comments on TJ's sleepiness. I was with him through the night and my observation was that he couldn't sleep. Most of the night his eyes were open and he was responding with head nods. He was a little restless, consistent with how I would feel if I was confined to a bed with nothing to do. They put on his CPAP at 2AM, and he finally seemed to sleep at about 4AM. He was sleeping when I left at 7AM.

Mary Ann has a new working phone. She can get texts but doesn't know how to respond yet.

Before we get to the prayer requests I want to mention how great the nurses, doctors, and PCA's (personal care attendants, they have CNA degrees) have been to us. They really have been nice, sometimes prayerful, very accommodating in general, and especially to us constantly bugging them about this and that. It's one thing for Mary Ann, an RN, to ask questions, it's another for me to be asking them about every different thing in the room and what it does, means, and how to read it. (At this point I think I can read the vitals monitor as well as anyone else.)

So our prayer requests are that TJ is able to get some real rest, that the apraxia would be resolved, and that TJ's neurological status would improve in general.

Thank you again for all your prayers, they mean the world to us!