So, last night David was as awake as I've seen him since Wed morning. His eyes were blinking and I'd like to think he made eye contact. :) I got out his iPad and played an episode of Super Why. He seemed to be watching it, but he couldn't follow it with his eyes when I moved it, which I think is a sign of how doped up he still is.
It looks to me like a bit of a battle between waking up form the coma and the sedative effect of the new seizure meds. And then there's the coughing and the tape. Part of waking up froma coma apparently involves lots and lots of coughing. Full body shaking racking coughs, that are sadly silent as they wheeze through the tube. And if you have a cold like David, coughing involves a lot of mucus. A lot.
So at 3pm yesterday they gave David some pain meds to allow them to remove the tape beard that holds the breathing tube in place and put a new and clean one on. After he woke up from the tape meds David started coughing and drooling, and by 8pm, the entire bottom of the beard was loose. At 4am they gave more pain meds and replaced it again. Hopefully he'll wake up enough today to get the tube out and avoid a fourth tape beard.
It should be a good day!
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