Darryl had a fairly uneventful day today and while the early hours of the morning were again plagued by the ’storming’ episodes that see him tensing up, sweating and become agitated, the remainder of the day was relatively relaxed for him.
The physios did a whole range of stretches with him and then hoisted him out of his bed and into the lazy boy. He was also very relaxed in that chair for three hours or so. Darryl had less ‘awake’ time today, not surprising given he has been running marathons dealing with the storming in the early hours. Having said that, the calm resting is just what the doctor ordered so to speak, the brain needs to time to resolve the bruising.
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The rollercoaster ride continues. And one thing is for sure there is not a rollercoaster standing on this planet that can compare to this one. I got to the hospital to find that during the doctors rounds they thought Darryl was having seizures so they were sending him off for an EEG, which is neurology speak for a electrical test of brain waves to assertain whether the injury had induced epileptic seizures.
Hearing that I felt like I had been asked to swollow a brick . Having seen Darryl make some good improvements over the weekend I was devastated to think he might be having seizures. I was also gutted to hear that to stop the seizures they had given him sedatives, which meant when I saw him he was all ‘gaga’ again as if we were trapped in ground hog episde of One Flew Over the Cookoos Nest. I was hoping he wasn’t fitting but just stirred up from a combination of inability to cough, bright lights and the condition they call storming. More on that shortly.
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