Allison remains in the Neuroscience Acute Care Unit at the Civic
Hospital. She had a new shunt installed on Thursday morning and her
external drain was removed; however, her non-responsiveness, which began
a week ago, continued on Thursday and Friday. A neuro-team visited her
on Friday afternoon and said they couldn't detect any neurological (as
opposed to neurosurgical) reason for Allison's downturn (beginning on
Sunday July 29th).
After this period of
non-responsiveness, this past Saturday brought a somewhat brighter day
for Allison, which fortunately continued on Sunday. Allison was also in
quite good form at dinner this (Monday) evening, sitting up in her
chair and eating on her own for the most part. She was also fairly
talkative during dinner. Also, as is often the case when she isn't laid
low by one thing or another, she appeared to understand pretty much
everything said to her, and she also appeared to remember the events /
scenes in some photos showed to her before. Deirdre was greeted warmly
by name when she arrived during dinner, and it's also possible that
Allison had some instructions for Bob upon his departure.
We
continue to hope that Allison will not need to be in the Neuroscience
Acute Care Unit much longer and that she can be moved before very long
to the Neuroscience InPatient Unit, and then to Saint Vincent's where
her rehab work will begin in earnest.
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