The road to recovery!

So apparently the last couple days I have been suffering what is known as writer's block. Since Brian was just holding steady and we didn't really have big news and we were so scared that something bad would happen (because we have been warned of set backs) I didn't have much to report on the blog. Brian is doing amazing. He is more and more with it everyday, he has said every Brianism know to man. He has never been in pain this whole time, a little itchy but that is it. He had another ultrasound done today and we got phenomenal results; an ejection fraction of 55%! This is the fraction of blood pumped out of a ventricle with each heart beat, normal is 50%-65%! His previous fraction was 25% that first day in ICU. They still want to do a cardiac cath (scheduled for Thursday morning) to make sure there isn't any damage or blockage to his heart. They also might put in an AED, so if his heart stops again, it will shock it right away. Personally, I don't think he needs this. He is still a little jerky so they will have to sedate him and this will delay recovery because sedation meds cause confusion. I still believe that he had a seizure laying on his stomach, occluded his airway, then his heart went into V-fib but that's just me. Better to be safe than sorry. They took his urinary cathedar out today as well so this is another sign of progress. He gets very tired because they have him really busy all day but he is working so hard. He was able to stand up today while holding on to a bedside table, he can comb his own hair too. We have had great amazing nurses and are so happy he is getting better. It was so funny I was whispering to mom, both of us at opposite sides if Brian, asking her when she was planning to go home, then what do you know Brian's whispering. Then I was like, "Brian why are you whispering?" Then all three of us just started belly laughing. I guess you had to be there. You just have to love him.