Update On Sue's Brother, Myron

Morning Everyone,

Myron spent most of the morning and the early part of the afternoon having a MRI done. We was sedated to do this, but the nurses said everything went well. Moving him anywhere is like having a truck convoy tag along with you. All kinds of monitors, machines, IV's and medicines. It is quite impressive. Then all of the tubes have to be long enough to get through the MRI tube, so in other words there is major logistics in setting this thing up.

As I said he did well. The fractures in his back and neck believe it or not are rather low priority at this point and he will wear a back brace, and neck brace for 6-8 weeks

The major area of concern right now is his brain. The right hemisphere is still quite swollen but this is all part of his major concussion, and it is causing him to have swelling and lack of movement on the left side, i.e. arm and leg.

His appearance continues to improve over all, the swelling in his face has disappeared, so he looks more like himself. His night nurse Steve did say they plan on sitting him up today.

Maryanne is having a meeting with the neurological nurse practitioner today at 1 so that all concerned can have questions answered.

At this point, I'm cautiously optimistic. He will probably go to rehab in the near future, but will he be the same person. No one can say right now.

Oh, and one more thing, and this definitely didn't make me happy. He has a slight infection in the lungs with MRSA, or methicillin resist staph. That nasty critter didn't take long to move in. If that gets worse, and it will, he will receive antibiotics.

I'll keep you posted about the meeting.

Thanks for your concern and prayers. There have been some small miracles performed this past week.

Sue

Thanks, Sue, for keeping us informed. Prayers continue for Myron and the family.