Home Again
Michael is back home! His doctor took him off 2 medications and reduced another, I’m very happy about that. Michael’s doing okay – I know I keep saying those words and it might be difficult to decipher what that really means, “okay” is obviously different for him than it is for most of us. He’s feeling better, no fever, no head pain and less tremors, he’s very happy to be home.
People with severe brain injuries battle spasticity, their muscles tighten up like a cramp you would get when you’re swimming, it’s painful and makes functioning very difficult. To help in this battle there are various muscle relaxing drugs and methods, the downside of these drugs is fatigue, drowsiness –they make you feel like you really need a nap and can make your arms and legs feel like they weigh 100 lbs each. Baclofen is one of the most used drugs for this, Michael has a pump in his abdomen that administers baclofen to his spinal cord, this makes for less of the sleepy effect but still gives him the 100 lb arm part – and some of the sleepy part. After a while, maybe a couple weeks or a month the body usually adjusts to this, mostly. So, Michael’s balcofen was increased and he’s adjusting to that now, this means he’s a little less alert and he’s a little slower moving around. Hopefully he’ll get through this quickly as he has before.
Thanks for your care and for your prayers, I appreciate it and he does as well!
Kirk
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