3/4 Post 1

AM Nurse: Shawn
Dr. Visits: Dr. Clark
4AM catscan last night. another is scheduled for today at 2PM.

**NURSE SHAWN ASKS THAT EVERYONE CALL AT THE PHONE BEFORE COMING IN (EVEN YOU DOCTORS). SHE WANTS TO KEEP AN EYE ON EVERYONE COMING AND GOING, TRAFFIC, AND VOLUME. AND WE WANT TO KEEP NURSE SHAWN HAPPY BECAUSE SHE IS KEEPING MIKE HEALTHY.**

Dr. Clark tells us that he plans on scheduling an angiogram in a few days. This will determine whether there is a vertebral artery dissection. If there is a dissection, it's a matter of taking cumadin for a few months. Dr. Clark is still looking for the origins of the stroke.

Nurse Shawn is a prepare-for-the-worst kind of personality which helps in getting the straight dope. She is currently most preoccupied with the pressure in his brain. They don't want to see any more of it -- we have about 24 more hours of pressure building and then we'll be out of the woods on that one. Mike is awoken every 45 minutes or so and given a neurological assessment -- he is passing each one nicely.

Mike is responding to me and smiling at the thought of so many people getting in touch.