Dwaine is resting right now, so I have a minute to send out an email to everyone. Thanks for all your well-wishes, they are not misplaced as he is doing a bit better every day.
The heparin treatment appears to be working pretty well, except for his left hand, which is still pretty tight, and his speech, which is going to take some work. The doctors said it was a tear in his carotid artery and they're studying the MRI scans to see if they need to do an angioplasty. They'll know tomorrow or so. Until then, he's doing daily therapy now and was able to get out of bed and sit in a chair pretty much by himself. He had solid food today, just a few bites of sandwich and cottage cheese and fruit and ice cream, but he did pretty good. Choking a little on liquids - I just think they're extra-hard to manage with the left side of his tongue a bit out of whack.
Lots of visitors today, everyone wants to wish him well, which is not surprising considering how he's always the one sending cards and notes to others over the years! All visits are truly appreciated, but remember he needs to rest a lot. He can usually do about 15 minutes or so before he starts getting really tired and needs some quiet time. I'm sure over time that will improve, but for now that's probably the best. Usually from 9:00 to noon is good, toward the lunch time he works on eating then needs to rest for a few hours. After 5:00 might be another good time until about 7 or so. He's at University Hospital in Fitzsimmon's in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit in room 230. My cell is 303 XXX XXXX.
I tell myself that Dwaine's always been strong as an ox, so if anyone can bounce back from this, it's him. And with all of us who love him here to help him out, how could he NOT get better?
Talk to you all more when I hear more.
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