3/5/2011

Uncle had another CT scan this morning. Not sure what the results are yet but we're off to the hospital now. Will update you all shortly. Thanks for reading and please keep praying!

So we showed up today (Helen and her mom and dad) around noon today as I had to get my 20-mile run in (training for the Boston marathon this April). The hospital was much quieter than yesterday as it was the weekend. We checked in and were told there were two visitors ahead of us - we found Aunt Susan and Howard in Yunie's room. Aunt Susan used to be a nurse so I was glad she was there. The nurse on duty, Mohammed, was not the friendliest nurse and was very strict on the "two-people-at-a-time" rule in Yunie's room. Howard and I left and left my mom and Aunt Susan in Yunie's room. I asked him for an update and he said that Yunie had a slight fever this morning of 101 degrees.

Yunie had just gotten another CT scan this morning around 9 am and it showed that things were stable for now meaning the hematoma had not gotten any larger and they did not detect any other areas of weak arteries. A good sign. Still, not out of the woods, Yunie has had a breathing tube that is helping him breathe.

The Respiratory Therapist/Nurse Al, told Aunt Susan and I that Yunie had been on a CPAP for the last few hours. The CPAP is something that helps wean Yunie off the ventilator and makes him breathe on his own with a little bit of help from the breathing tube (ventilator). Al told us that the doctors didn't Yunie to be on the CPAP longer than 4 hours as it might wear him out but slowly they would like to see if he can breathe on his own.

They said his vitals are relatively normal. HIs blood pressure is slightly elevated which they said they want to ensure he has enough blood flow to his brain. His resting pulse is high, around 90 bpm - not sure if that is to be expected for someone coming out of his condition. They plan to do another check on him tomorrow. The tricky thing about his meds right now is that they want him to awaken however they are concerned when he does that he might get stressed and his blood pressure will go up and be too high which could pose a risk so Mohammed told us that it's a back and forth game with just how much of the meds they give him. Ideally they would like him to be alert so they can do tests to see how his memory is. As of now, he has not opened his eyes.

Getting ready for a family dinner with Aunt Susan, Howard, Janet, Sandra, Steve, Caeden, Taylor, Sung, Mom, Dad, Curt, Helen, Kyan, Blake and maybe Uncle Alex. Korean bbq (kalbi) - just no kimchi! More tomorrow...