Day 12 - December 26, 2011

This morning Mark left for Montana.  He will be there to take care of business tomorrow and then drive back Wednesday so he is here for dad's funeral Thursday. Today when the doctor came in the nurse was just ready to do oral care with Bridgett and she asked Bridgett to open up her mouth and she did!!!  (She also did that at least two other times today)  The doctor then examined her and asked her for a thumbs up, like he always does.  She did not do that.  Than he asked her to shut her eyes if she heard him and she shut her eyes!!  VERY EXCITING!  After that, they scheduled the rehab doctor to come in.  He wants to put in a peg for feeding (which he said will be needed for ease in rehab) and he wants to start her tomorrow on Provigil, which is used to wake up coma patients.  So, we are excited about that.  Apparently if someone is close to waking up, the Provigil will help them along.  It's not just a one shot thing.  I don't know how many doses they would use, but they will give it to her twice a day 7 am and 12 pm and then they will give her something else to help her sleep at 8:00.  During the day they will have bright lights on in the room and then dark and quiet at night.  We are instructed to only have one person in the room talking at a time.