November 21, 2008 Update

It was a great day for Lisa. When I arrived at the hospital they were just finishing the Doppler Scan. It was very good news that that vasospasms were gone!!!! Lisa was so excited to hear the great news. They could not however do the CT scan as during the night last, Lisa was experiencing a bad headache so they had to unclamp the drain and reclamp it which they call "burping" it. The CT san will probably be done sometime Saturday morning. They also told her she may go home Monday. Saturday they are going to decrease her fluids so they can remove the catheder and remove the drain (which will require a couple of stitches). They are going to monitor her blood pressure as it is still elevated and she may have to go home on blood pressure medicine. Lisa got up to use the restroom (cathader and all) and found herself to be very very weak from having spent two weeks in the hospital. Before she is released she will be assessed by physical therapy. It is not clear yet whether she will be moved to the floor before being released. She had her favorite nurse two days in a row which kept her spirits very high as they joke back and forth with each other. Once again Lisa sent me on a mission to obtain food that sounds good to her. This time it was guacamole and chips ffrom Whole Foods!!!! At about 7:00 I picked up Ria June from the airport and took her back to the hospital. Lisa was so happy to see her and Ria June was amazed at how good she looked!!! I will be going home today so we might not have as much information to post but will do our best. I will close by saying just how lucky Lisa is! Her doctor (Dr Meracle) said yesterday that of the patients with Sub Arachnoid hemorages like Lisa's, that 50 percent die at the point of the bleed. Of the remaining 50 percent that make it to the hospital that only 50 percent usually survive the complications caused by the aneurysm. It is a big miracle that Lisa has healed and the family gives a big thank you to everyone for their prayers. About two weeks before it happened, Lisa found a rosary in a parking lot. That rosary has either been in her hands or very close by during this entire ordeal.