Evening

Things have been going so well the last few days that Mark had a "peg" put into his stomach so his feeding tube could be removed from his nose. They give the peg 24 hours before they hook up the feeding tube to it. They have removed two of his ventriculostomies and clamped the third. They plan to remove the third one tomorrow and clamp the last one to see if he needs them at all. He had been awake all night last night and his nurse said he was giving her the thumbs up (something they repeatedly tell him to do to check his alertness) before she could ask him to do it. He seemed fine after his surgery and did the winking, hand squeezing and sometimes even a faint smile.

But by the time the eight o'clock visit came around, his eyes were open a little but we were getting absolutely no response from him. After much concern on my part, his nurse Mike took his temp, which was 101. Hopefully after some Tylenol and a cooling blanket we should see a more alert Mark tomorrow. Hopefully this isn't a sign of another infection. I'll call tonight before I get into bed and ask them to check his peg and make sure there's an infection isn't starting.

Damn, just when everything was going so well.