The night went by quietly. Ella cycles through brief awake, aware times and sleep. When she is awake she looks around and can progressively open her right eye as well. There isn’t too much reaction to what is going on around her, but it looks like she is tracking and is interested. She has a tremor that shakes the right side of her body whenever she is awake. I hope it has nothing to do with pain, but no one can say for sure. The Neurosurgeon said this type of tremor often appears after massive brain surgery and should fade away soon. Since she isn’t yet showing the ability to eat from a bottle, the plan for today is to insert a tube through her nose down to her stomach and feed her that way. It is important to get some substantial nutrition to her and help her overcome her weakness. She hasn’t eaten since Tuesday (one week ago) or gone to the bathroom (metaphorically speaking). With every awakening, more of Ella is emerging.
This is going to take time, but we are impatient. She will probably be moved out of the intensive care unit to the neurology ward.