Hi everyone, lots of news from Thailand today, I'm trying to ascertain how much of it I can share with you. Once I get the go ahead I'm going to need all of your People Power to directly help Adam. In the meantime, I have today's update from Andrew...
Update 30/5/12
Thank you once again to everybody for all your wonderful messages and stories many are new and make us smile, which is important to us. We have also heard from some of our old friends, which is wonderful and something we will follow up on later.
We have spoken to Adams specialist today . The brain swelling is now not a problem. At the start this was the greatest threat to his life and he is now over this.
The recurring fever or pneumonia continues to be a problem, although not serious at this point in time. They are intending to do a tracheotomy tomorrow at 1:00 pm Thai time (7:00 am UK time) and the operation will last an hour. We have now gone through the ritual of being informed of the cost for the operation, the anaesthetics etc and signing it off, but we have become hardened to this.
However, when it is done it means that he will be breathing without mechanical assistance and will be at less risk from infection. His heart rate and blood pressure are good.
The doctors are still looking at another two weeks in coma and are saying this will be a slow process (how little they know Adam), but we are over the first hurdle. Nobody can tell us how many hurdles there are, but we are still making progress.
Tonight they have removed the bandages from his head and his hair is growing again, quite quickly, he actually looks well and peaceful .
We have music set up in his room and people are bringing in CDs with an assortment of music and comedy shows. WE hope that this will bring him back to consciousness more quickly.
Thank you all again and please send him your prayers for tomorrow.
Andrew and Adele
Update 30/5/12
Thank you once again to everybody for all your wonderful messages and stories many are new and make us smile, which is important to us. We have also heard from some of our old friends, which is wonderful and something we will follow up on later.
We have spoken to Adams specialist today . The brain swelling is now not a problem. At the start this was the greatest threat to his life and he is now over this.
The recurring fever or pneumonia continues to be a problem, although not serious at this point in time. They are intending to do a tracheotomy tomorrow at 1:00 pm Thai time (7:00 am UK time) and the operation will last an hour. We have now gone through the ritual of being informed of the cost for the operation, the anaesthetics etc and signing it off, but we have become hardened to this.
However, when it is done it means that he will be breathing without mechanical assistance and will be at less risk from infection. His heart rate and blood pressure are good.
The doctors are still looking at another two weeks in coma and are saying this will be a slow process (how little they know Adam), but we are over the first hurdle. Nobody can tell us how many hurdles there are, but we are still making progress.
Tonight they have removed the bandages from his head and his hair is growing again, quite quickly, he actually looks well and peaceful .
We have music set up in his room and people are bringing in CDs with an assortment of music and comedy shows. WE hope that this will bring him back to consciousness more quickly.
Thank you all again and please send him your prayers for tomorrow.
Andrew and Adele
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