He's walking!

Today is again another huge step up from yesterday. Brian now does laps around the nurses station, with help with a stand up straight walker. He is very lucid at times but is still somewhat confused, especially with his health. It is hard to put in writing how much better he gets from day to day but it is very awesome to watch. What happened to him doesn't register at all with him, the fact that his heart stopped and he has been hospitalized doesn't click. He plays crazy eights with mom, looks at old photographs and names everyone in them. He is off all IV therapy, he eats very hearty meals and takes his medications whole. He is on Coreg (makes the work load of the heart easier), Lisinopril (for blood pressure), folic acid, multivitamin, Immodium (to bulk up stools), and Dilantin (seizure control). So he is a very stable stable patient. His lungs are clear, his heart is strong and so is his liver. Everyone is so astonished that he is doing so well. We don't think he will be in rehab for long, that transition happens tomorrow. All the doctors and nurses are just amazed and when he walks around the nurses station they all give a thumbs up! He is so coming back all the way. We wouldn't have wished these last fifteen days on anyone but we are also so glad that our Brian is doing so well. He still asks for cigarettes regularly, even though everyone tells us any withdrawls that he would have are long gone, now it is just psychological. We have to make life changes, that means no smoking or drinking ever again, and we hope no friends give in to this. When he gets home this will be the hardest part. Since he did have another seizure he will be unable to drive for six months. We are just taking one day at a time. Thanks again!