Another big step today for Elijah! Step by step is how we're getting there, today they took him off of his paralytics. So he was still heavily sedated, but he was able to move around quite a bit. He was moving his head back and forth and waving his arms around a little bit, and adjusting his legs. It was so great to see! The nurse even had to restrain his arms a little bit, she didn't expect him to be as strong as he was and was afraid he might reach up and grab his breathing tube.
They told us that he might be able to open his eyes a little and he did open them just barely earlier in the day, but he was still totally out, we could tell because his pupils were really small. But just a little while ago this evening he was even waking up a little bit and opening his eyes and looking around. His pupils were dilated a little bit, but he wasn't able to focus on anything. So he didn't look right at us, but it was encouraging just to know he was a little bit awake and could look around a little. I don't know exactly when they plan on lowering his sedatives so I'm not sure how long we will have to wait until he is awake enough to respond to us.
It's still going to be a step-by-step process of slowly weaning the ventilator and slowly weaning the sedation. The big thing we are waiting on now is still the H1N1 test results. That is the only test left so we are all sort of hoping it comes back positive so we will at least KNOW what is going on.
Now that Elijah is waking up a little we are spending our days in his room so we can be close. This means that we can't have any cell phones on because they can interfere with the ventilator. If anyone needs to get a hold of us we check our email and facebooks often and the phone number for our room is 319-353-9747. We also step out and check our voicemail when we get a chance. For those interested in visiting, you are still more than welcome to, but we are now in his room instead of the family lounge.
That is all for tonight, I will keep the updates coming, please keep the prayers coming!
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