Our rollercoaster ride continues.
First, he's okay! And I'm doing better every day.
However, he fell yesterday morning and hit his head again. They immediately did another CT scan, which showed a tiny (.9cm) area of concern. They also x-rayed his hip - no fracture or damage (abundance of caution as he had no hip pain at all). But he did have a good bump on his head.
He was cocky. Got up to pee standing by his bed with the urinal, which they were allowing him to do unsupervised, but he couldn't find the urinal, got urgent, and rather than call or just make a mess, he walked the few steps to the bathroom. He got dizzy and fell on his way back to his bed.
A second CT scan a few hours later showed a slight enlargement of that area of concern (1.2cm), so they moved him to the ICU so he could be hooked up to all the monitors and the Neuro team could test him and keep an eye on him overnight.
When I spoke to him this morning he was very groggy and a little confused, which distressed me, although he insisted the doc had told him they were going to move him back to rehab. I couldn't get a call back from the doctor until 12:30pm, which left me in a stressful state of worry all morning.
But the good news is the multiple scans they did during the night, along with the Neuro tests, show everything is stable! They will be moving him back to Rehab this afternoon. Doctor said Biff really didn't get any sleep last night - the scans and testing and all - so it isn't surprising that he was groggy and confused.
He's very angry with himself. "Pride growth before the fall" he keeps saying. Quite literally in this case. Hopefully he has learned the lesson for good this time. He got a little too euphoric with the news about his neck/throat being clear...
I apologize for not sharing news of the fall sooner. I just couldn't bring myself to do it until I knew more about ramifications. Luckily, just a small set back. He tells me they are even planning to do a PT session when he gets back to Rehab.💞✌️
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