She came off all painkillers, just having paracetamol and antibiotics for the infection. Her heart rate is still raised, her blood pressure is elevated and her respiration rate is higher than normal. She is initiating breathing herself with support from the ventilator on BiPAP (Bi-phase Positive Airway Pressure). She is moving her hands/arms randomly and her legs when her feet are tickled. Her left eye opens when she is awake but her right eye remains closed. She isn't doing anything to request/command (but we joke that she is a teenager and what does anyone expect!!). She does respond to pain. She was seen by physio's every day and they have had her out "sitting" in a chair. She did have another CT and a chest x-ray. Her ankle isn't broken.
Today she moved to Basingstoke ICU today as it is closer to our home. It means that my dad can't go into see her as often. He was going in every morning and again in the afternoon to see her.
I want to speak to the hospital tomorrow about what sort of stimulation/rehab/whatever she will get. I don't know what happens. I have asked Headway to send me information on sort of what happens next.
I am worried and scared for the future. All I know is that Helen needs all the help and support she can get.