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April 16, 2025 He had a restless night with head pain. Not great sleep. Neurosurgery saw him last night for the final time and they feel his well-oriented presentation and clinical stability over these last couple days indicates that the swelling is not significant enough to warrant acute intervention, meaning no surgery. Great news! I Read more
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April 15, 2025 Mike did well last night. His head pain stayed at 5/10 til just recently where they administered more Oxycodone. A new head CT was just taken so we will get those results later this morning. He asked for food around midnight and ate a bit. Blood pressure remains under control. Before I Read more
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April 14, 2025 Mike did well last night. Blood pressure is staying in the 130/80 range where they want it. The drip he was on has been lowered from 32 to 8, which they say is really good and he’s still maintaining that BP so great progress. Neurosurgery saw him just now and with his Read more
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Mike had a decent night considering. They closely monitored him throughout the night to make sure his blood pressure did not spike out of control and looked for any signs of his breathing being compromised. The blood on the brain needs time to resorb back into the body. Until it does, it will continue to Read more
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I hate navigating hospitals. It’s weird that you’re kind of left to your own devices to get to where you need to be. Sure, they direct you but in a large hospital like Albany Med, you can get disoriented quickly. Walking the halls, smelling certain smells and passing patient rooms, just knowing there’s sadness and Read more
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The Happily Never After “Hmm…why haven’t I heard from Mike yet?” That was my thought as I looked at the clock and saw it was about 3:30 pm. It was a Friday afternoon and getting close to the end of my workday. I was done with court and excited to get out of work and Read more
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