An Update as 9/3/12

I (Michelle) just got off the phone with Bryn. They spoke to the neurologist who confirmed from the EEG that Bob is indeed having multiple seizures in a day. With the. Urgent medication he is on to stop the seizures, it is lessening the severity of the seizures, but not stopping them. On top of that, Bob is very anxious and scared, which is coming out in his slow or rapid breaths, arm and hand twitching, etc.

A decision was made to heavily sedate him and place him on a ventilator beginning tonight. This will allow him to rest comfortably for a few days until terry get the lab results from the Mayo Clinic. It will also hopefully give him time to rest and let the anti seizure medication do it's work.

Bryn believes he may have an infection of some sort, possibly West Nile virus, but one again she's not confident. He has low protein levels, which she said shouldn't Bettie for how much he works out and for how healthy he eats. This is perplexing to her. She became emotional when we told her that we trust her judgement and said, "I just dot know if I can fix him."

We're hopeful that this sedation will buy him some time to heal and that we get more direction on where we k from here upon getting the yet results back from the Mayo clinic. In the mean time it is imperative that we continue to send Bob and Megan uplifting thoughts. Bryn did not feel it was necessary for Evan to rush down. She anticipates Bob will need to be isedated through at least Thursday at the earliest.