Thursday, September 24, 2009

Update on Derek

Last night Roger and Babette worked with Derek to see if he would respond to them. Derek did respond to a verbal command and squeezed Roger's hand with his right hand, but did not do the same with his left. When asked to open his eyes Derek moved his head, but did not open his eyes.
There was an MRI done yesterday as well, but the neurologist has not been available to discuss it thoroughly. We have been told that the MRI does show that there is "some" damage to the brain caused by oxygen deprivation.
Derek is currently just finishing up his 4th hyperbaric treatment (1 in Mexico and 3 in Tucson) and is scheduled for his final treatment tomorrow.
Outwardly there is no real change with Derek today. He is still very medicated to keep him from moving to much during hyperbaric treatments or removing his breathing tube etc.
Derek is still on a ventilator, but can breath fine on his own. This again is a precautionary measure to make sure he is getting what he needs during the hyperbaric treatments.
Thanks again to all of you for your support and prayers, and don't stop now. It looks like we may be in for the long haul on this one.


Here is a link to my uncle's facebook page, where he has info on Derek.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=100000235837182


(You'll have to copy and paste it because I don't know to insert a link where you can just click on it and it will go. Sorry!)

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