Friday, August 22nd

The doctors were concerned that his condition hasn't improved over the past couple of days, so this morning, they decided to give him another Lumbar Puncture (Spinal Tap), an EEG and he will be getting another CT Scan in the afternoon. I will provide an update once we get all the results back.

Lauren also got in touch with the family of another man, Tim Thiessen, who had the same complications from West Nile Virus earlier this month. He is now doing much better and we are hoping the same will happen for our dad. It definitely gives us a lot of hope. To read more about Tim's case, visit: https://www.giveforward.com/fundraiser/znf5/coach-thiessen-s-road-back-home

This afternoon, we got the results from all the testing done today. They were reassuring - no pneumonia on his chest x-ray, no evidence of any seizure activity on the EEG, and no evidence of stroke or significant brain swelling on the CT Scan. From the Spinal Tap, the doctors think that the infection is clearing. So the results were good, but his clinical status has not changed. We are hoping that these tests are indicative of a positive prognosis, but only time will tell.

We all enjoyed a visit by Rick, a volunteer, who played the guitar for us and sang a variety of songs by Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Cat Stevens and Simon & Garfunkel....and our dad seemed to respond well by nodding his head to the beat. He also liked looking at some old photos and videos from the past few years.