Dwight and Lisa met with Nick's neurologist today. He said the MRI didn't tell them anything new. (MRIs are more detailed than CTs.) There are still no bleeds in there, which is really good news. They also confirmed that the damage from the stroke is limited to the right cerebellum, not the left.
He said the brain's swelling will peak in the next few days then start to go down. They still think another 10-14 days to leave him in the coma. Until the swelling goes down, they just can't get a good read on the state of the brain.
But he talked in depth with them about the possibilities in the future for Nick - all the way from mild damage to severe. Obviously, severe could mean a vegetative state. That hit Lisa very hard. Dwight's response? "He didn't make it through that surgery to be a vegetable!" Amen!
On the other end of the spectrum is that he comes out with little to no rehab needed.
Finally they heard these words from a neurologist..."There's a lot we don't know." He said that the brain is powerful and complex and hard to predict.
So we hold on to that...and the hope we have in God...
He said the brain's swelling will peak in the next few days then start to go down. They still think another 10-14 days to leave him in the coma. Until the swelling goes down, they just can't get a good read on the state of the brain.
But he talked in depth with them about the possibilities in the future for Nick - all the way from mild damage to severe. Obviously, severe could mean a vegetative state. That hit Lisa very hard. Dwight's response? "He didn't make it through that surgery to be a vegetable!" Amen!
On the other end of the spectrum is that he comes out with little to no rehab needed.
Finally they heard these words from a neurologist..."There's a lot we don't know." He said that the brain is powerful and complex and hard to predict.
So we hold on to that...and the hope we have in God...
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