Another day down

I arrived at the hospital today around 10:00am. Nate was sitting up and said "Hi Wife!" as soon as he saw me. He seemed so happy and looked so good. It was very encouraging.

The doctor was in and talked with me for awhile. I asked him several questions about why this happened and if it could happen again. He told me that they could not find any reason as to why it happened. There were no other issues that could have caused this to happen. Nate's grandparents on his mom's side both suffered from an aneurysm so they are saying it is probably genetics. I asked him if this made him more prone to it happening again and the doctor said no. He said he is at as much risk of it happening again as anyone else. He did say that we need to be more diligent in watching the signs and make sure to go to the ER if he ever gets a bad headache. He will always have his head scanned whenever he goes in to the ER from now.

I stayed at the hospital with him for awhile and then left so he could get some rest. I went and got some lunch and got some pictures of the kids printed to hang in his room. When I got back it seemed like his mood had changed. He seemed sad. I asked him if he was sad and he said he was just worried about his job and the money. I told him that is the last thing we need to worry about. I showed him the picture of the kids and I think it might have made him a little homesick. He misses them and wishes he could see them. (They advised us NOT to bring the kids to the ICU). I washed his face with a wash cloth and tried to clean him up a bit. My sister showed up with a smoothie for him and he enjoyed that. I left around 5pm to go home and spend some time with the kids.

I got back to the hospital around 9pm and his family was there. I went back in the room and he seemed to be in a better mood. He seemed ok about things and was happy that I brought his cell phone so he could check his email.

Things are looking up. He does have a little drooping in his smile on his left side but nothing that anyone would notice if they did not know him. He is unable to move his right eyebrow but they figure that is from all the swelling that is going on. The swelling is also causing his eye to swell shut a little.

They have done another angiogram and CT scan and and everything looks good so far. They have plans to do a perfusion test tomorrow morning which will check for any spasms of the vessels. Spasms of the vessel are what cause stroke and stroke like symptoms (slurred speech, loss of motor skills, memory etc.). We are hoping and praying that the test goes well and they do not find any signs of spasms.

We continue to ask for prayers and thoughts. We know that is why he is doing as well as he is. We know Heavenly Father hears and answers prayers and we are so thankful for the tender mercies that we have seen.