Tuesday June 2, 2009
Day 35

Hope is necessary in every condition.
The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would,
without this comfort, be insupportable.
~ Samuel Johnson

A little late with this morning's update.
Daniel continues to have fair to good evenings, last night
he experienced another episode of fluctuating heart rates. It
was stabilized with some medication called LoPressa. Again,
he looks good ~ 'calm, dark and handsome'. They took a
sonogram of his legs to make sure he had no blood clots. The
result was negative- no clots. His blood pressure is good-
115 over 63 (better than my bp). Body temp one degree
above normal. Nurses check blood sugar several times a day-
this morning it was excellent - no insulin needed.
A reminder of the Glasgow Coma Scale - Daniel is evaluated
at least four times a day to determine any progress or
regression. His evaluation yields a score of 8 one day and 9 the
next. We're relieved that it hasn't fallen below 8. Hoping for the
day it gets up to 12 or full consciousness which is 15.
Stay tuned, I will update this later this evening.

¡Presente!
Cathy, Victory& Magarita and Cristina, Chuy Miranda
Oscar Vega (Chula Vista) ~ Oscar Romero ~
Raul & Yolanda Vega ~ Raul Vega III ~

Monday June 1, 2009
Day 34

It is 9:00 am and although Daniel had a difficult day
yesterday with elevated heart rates and fever, it appears
his heart rate has returned to normal and the fever has
declined. His neurosurgeon was in yesterday to adjust the
shunt flow to stabilize the accumulation of cerebro-spinal
fluid near the brain. This does not require surgery. The
shunt is under the skin and can be adjusted by placing an
electronic remote near the device. High tech. Daniel's
nurse just reported that he had another episode of heart
rate fluctuations last night, but it is under control this
morning. Also, Daniel's neurosurgeon is coming in this
morning to make another small adjustment on the shunt.

Daniel looks normal in the sense that he looks like he is
taking a short nap. He is still unconscious. His eyes are wide
open this morning and appear normal. He blinks a lot, then
gives a pretty healthy yawn.

If I may speak for all that were here yesterday, we were
apprehensive about the high heart rate, the fever, and the
feeling that Daniel was not tranquil and was not having the
best of days since leaving the SICU. We are waiting for the
pulmonary specialist to come in this morning to ask him/her
about Daniel's symptoms of bronchitis. Very relieved this
morning that all his vital signs are back to normal.
Will post more info later. Well, June gloom is here. Heavy
marine layer, result of the cold ocean current.
Take care of one another......
¡Presente!
Victor, Margarita, and Cristina Vega ~ Cathy ~
Luis Vega Sr. ~ Luisito Vega ~ Chano Rodriguez


















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