Monday Afternoon Update

So we're obviously still in the hospital but Dad seems to be doing MUCH better than he was a couple of days ago. He is making a lot more jokes and giving all the nurses and other stuff lots of trouble. The nurse just asked him if he needed anything else and he asked for the winning power ball ticket and he'd give her a quarter if she found it. He's still hallucinating a little bit, earlier he saw balloons where there were no balloons, but he's been talking up a storm and makes sense a good majority of the time.

Dad said that while he was having these "spells" he could hear everyone and knew what was going on in the room, hence why he was able to squeeze the doctors hands when they asked. But he said it was like having a foot in two separate universes, one was the real one and the second was where all the hallucinations were happening. He does seem to remember most of what happened in the real world while he was in his alternate universe.

The results from the spinal tap came out negative, so he was taken out of isolation on Saturday (yay no meningitis). They did take all the wires off his head from the EEG today and he was very happy about that. We haven't gotten the results back from that yet. At this point, we're mainly looking at seizures being the culprit for all of this, but we haven't gotten a for sure answer yet.

He has started to eat more than he was a couple days ago, for lunch today he had part of a turkey burger, applesauce, lemonade, and of course, orange sherbet. He's also had a sweet tooth (not enough orange sherbet I guess) and has been asking for candy.

Once they determine Dad is well enough to leave the hospital, he will be going to a local rehab facility for a short stay. It took a little convincing from Mom and I to get Dad on board but we feel as though this is going to be his best option to get his strength back as quickly as possible. He's very determined to go back home!