As of this morning nothing has really changed. Dad is asleep most of the time. He’s still on the ventilator, but is mostly breathing on his own. They’ll leave him on the ventilator until he is strong enough to breathe easily on his own, without exerting a lot of extra effort. He also still has a mild fever.
Last night Julie did get some additional feedback from Dr. Hammond (the neurologist). They did an EEG last night and found that the virus is still “very involved” in Dad’s brain. It is causing an abnormal discharge in his brain that could cause seizures, so they have put him on anti-seizure meds. They are continuing the treatment with Acyclovir, which is “supposed” to slow down the virus, but it doesn’t seem to be working very well.
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