[Curtis Murdock reporting]
As of this morning around 8:30am, Karen is still numb on her left side. She has taken up residence in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) After several CAT scans throughout the night, an MRI this morning revealed that the bleeding had stopped, which is a very good thing. She is gaining some limited muscle control of both her left arm and leg. She was able to lift both off the bed, but could not feel herself doing it. Her brain can send the signals, but she has to be looking to see if it is actually working. She did report that she could feel her arm being squeezed when her blood pressure was taken on her left arm - another good sign.
I just had a short phone conversation with Michael around 1:00pm. He had up come from ICU which is down in the basement of the hospital. He reports that things have not changed much and said that Karen was resting and that it was time for him to get a little rest himself. He was going to get a sandwich, go to his car, recline the seat, and close his eyes for a few minutes in his car while his cell phone recharges. He says that if you call him and he doesn't answer, it is not because he does not want to talk to you, it is because there is no phone reception in the bowels of the facility.
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Ok....let's see if I do this right. Karen is resting right now and I am taking this chance to hack into the hospital computer here by her bed. There has really been little change from the last update Curtis posted, other than the fact that every hour she is getting more and more control of her left side.
Her vision still seems to be limited but she did notice when she had blood drawn from the back of her left hand.
It seems as though she is having most of her problems seeing in the lower area of the left side.
All in all she is doing very well. We both want to thank all of you for your prayers and thoughts as we work through this.
I will send Curtis another picture to post shortly and will keep you updated as we get more news.
Thanks again,
Karen and Michael
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