Today was a better day for Archie. His functions on the left side of the body is better: he is squeezing hands tight, moving his left foot like a champ and talking normally. He had a CT scan this morning and there was not a change, which is wonderful news since it had been a while since that had happened. He was switched from a liquid diet to solid food. He finally was able to get a chocolate chip cookie! He was given a unit of blood today to try to keep his blood pressure up and he has maxed out on the meds we have used to keep the blood pressure high. Tomorrow if his blood pressure is where we need it to be we are going to try to get him in the chair and maybe go on a short walk.
He is a little hazy about where we are located, how long we have been here and a few other issues. The humorous part is that he does not believe what we tell him. He is hellbent that we are at Baylor in Ft Worth and that we have only been here a week. It was pretty humorous too because he would ask addition people the same question they said the truth and he thought we were all in a conspiracy to trick him. He has since looked at my calendar and realized that it has been almost a month but he still does not believe that we are in Dallas.
Hopefully tomorrow brings another day of improvements. I am focusing on the baby steps that we are making but not counting my chickens until they hatch. Thank you for the prayers and please continue them.
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