Surgery

Dad had another good night. Pressure in the brain has remained good. He's got a slight temperature, but that evidently is not uncommon with the head injuries. I noticed this morning that dad has been breathing spontaneously a few times each minute (the ventilator is set so that if he tries to breathe on his own, it lets him). The nurses have said that he still has a gag reflex and all of these things are positive signs. They've had him heavily sedated for several days and that medicine takes several days to completely cycle out of his system, so he's still not awake.

The doctor came in this morning and said the latest chest x-ray looked good. He's going to change antibiotics today just as a precaution. The neurosurgeon called this morning and he plans to do surgery this afternoon. The latest CT scan gives him some indication that trying to remove the blood clot could improve his condition.

Honestly, all of this brain injury stuff is hard to fathom. We're just trusting in the doctor's training and experience for most of this. Ultimately, the Lord is in control of everything, and we know that He isn't surprised by anything that is happening. The other good news is that He created this brain that even the doctors can't figure out.