genevieve's eyes are wide open this morning. she has eye movement from right to center, and we are working on center to left. dr. terry said it is an improvement, and we feel the same. she is answering "yes" and "no" with very definite blinks. dr. terry has her on a trial in which she initiates her own breaths through the respirator. this is part of the process of taking her off the respirator, which he hopes to do in the next day or two. they are hoping to get her out of icu in the next day or two. the nurses are going to try to get her into a cardiac chair, so she can sit up and watch tv. the swelling in her face, as well as her arms and hands, has gone down considerably. she is off of the blood pressure medicine, and her bp is doing just fine. all the staff(dr, nurses, respiratory people) believe she has shown remarkable improvement in the last two days. dr. terry got gen's blood tests back today. she has a genetic condition which causes low activity of protein s. dr. terry believes this to be the underlying cause for the blood clot.
this morning, gen let us know that she did not want to watch and listen to game shows, that she preferred to watch and listen to the classic movie channel(tcm).
-joshua and susan
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