thanks for support...update on brother.
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| Sun, 11-28-2004 - 4:31am |
First off thank you so much for all the support. Right now its really hard to get by on all this with just finding out im not supposed to get pregnant and my issues with my own health and 11/28 is my birthday. Just 14 days before my brother turns 26. I feel selfish for worring about all this stuff but sometimes its hard not to think about all this stuff.
Ok on to the update
Today my brother had ALLOT of set backs. They took him off the phenabarbatol due to his eeg reading being zero. His pupils were still reactive so they knew this was not a true reading. When they took him off the phenabarbatol the pressure in his skull increased again and they did have to worry about that. So they did put him back on it which made the pressure drop back to where it was before they took him off of it. His eeg is still staying active so that is good. They have raised his blood pressure above normal to pump more blood to the brain and heart to give his brain more oxygen. His oxygen is higher than they thought it would be and that makes it easier for his brain to deal with the pressure from the swelling. He did get a fever today of 101 but they did get it back down to normal with in a few hrs. Right now we are hoping for the best and these little signs are good. HE is in coma on his own and the medicine he is on has him in a deeper coma. We are not sure he will pull out of the coma he is in on his own but they will not let him do that for now because it would increase the swelling in his brain.
So right now it is just wait and see which I hate. I want to know how to feel. If he was dead I could deal with that. If he was for sure going to pull through I would be thrilled but not knowing which way it will go and having the doctors honestly not being able to say "he is not going to make it" or "he is getting better" is driving us all crazy because we just want to know. It is hard to be optimistic in this situation. For me i have to think logically because I already had my crazy period before I saw him thinking maybe they were wrong and he wasnt there. Or that it wasnt as bad as they said. But now i just need to be real so I wont break down so bad.
Sorry this was so rambling. Thank you for listening. I dont know what I would do with out you guys.
Roxanne

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I am still praying for your family to have strength in this situation and for your brother's well being! I am glad you gave the update. I liked how you also told of positive things you're doing for you. Keeping to the diet and walking is really smart. You don't want your body in bad shape when you may be needed. Keep on going and updating us please.
Sincerely
Julie
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