Thursday night update

Well another hard day... Dad has shown no improvement and his condition is still unknown. He has really shut down and is very quiet. We know he knows there is something wrong and we think he is struggling so much to talk and conversate that he just says nothing. It is breaking our hearts. Very painful to watch.

Dave and Gwen got here today and he said "hey guys!" We're not sure if he remembers our names but he knows who we are. That's about all he said.

They did not yet do a spinal tap as they did a echocardiogram to see if his heart is producing clots. This would mean maybe he may be having small strokes... as of 730pm we have not heard results of this, but is seems very unlikely since he is on blood thinner. If this is negative, then they'll do a spinal tap tomorrow. If he is having small strokes, we don't know what that will mean for his prognosis.

We're all home at my mom's now and probably we'll all get to bed early. I'll report more as we find anything out.

Keep the thoughts and prayers coming.

Kristi