The best he has done is (responding to) localized pain something he doesn't like. He comes up to grab your hand.
The best he has done is (responding to) localized pain -- something he doesn't like. He comes up to grab your hand.
We consider him probably best described as in a light coma.
We are in many ways in uncharted territory, as far as predicting his recovery.
He's done so well, we couldn't keep him in any longer.
He has exceeded our expectations, and the recovery has progressed rapidly. It will probably take a year or so for complete recovery, but we're hoping he's out of the rehab facility fairly soon and able to go home with Anna and the children.
He is likely one of the longest survivors of this sort of exposure, not only carbon monoxide, but the other circumstances in the mine.
I think we have no clear clue of the extent of his injury or the time of his recovery.
It is probably too early for us to tell what that means, but it is very important to us that he has a lot of brain activity.
In many ways, we are in uncharted territory in predicting his recovery. The long-term outlook will be measured in weeks and months and not days.
