I've gotten to visit with Harley twice today. When i arrived at Gulf Coast at 9 AM, we met with the Dr and she told me Harley was showing signs of improvement. She upgraded his condition from "guarded" optimistic to "carefully" optimistic. When I went in the back to see Harley, I thought he looked much worse. He did not raise his head or open his eyes. His NG tube is stitched to his nose and he looked totally non-responsive. When I knelt in front of his cage in the ICU and called his name, he tried to open his eyes. I think he could see and hear me, but I could not be sure. It was not a good visit. Jump to my 1:00 PM visit and things had improved. He was sitting in his cage and seemed to recognize me when he saw me. He is still not very mobile, but that may be due to all of the pain meds they have him on. He is still very painful in his abdomen. He did try to walk to me, but seemed very painful as I tried to pick him up, so I left him in the cage. They are reducing his glucose and pain meds to see how he does. This is frightening to me, but my daughter keeps telling me to trust the Dr's....so I'm trying to trust. The phone continues to stay silent from Gulf Coast and that is a good sign. I've never watched the clock so much in my life. I know that each passing hour is a positive sign for Harley - he just needs to continue to fight. I'll go back at 5 PM today and, hopefully, the good news will continue. It helps to share all of this with people I know who love their babies as much as I do.... |