Tuesday evening

Allan has had a good day today. He and his brother had a very entertaining conversation about football today. Not surprising that he can remember a game he attended with James 15 years ago, or that he recognized the LSU shirt that I held up for him to see. It is a shirt with the #7 on it (if you are an LSU fan, then you will understand this story). I asked Allan who wore #7; he smiled and said,"it's that baby who is really fast and he runs everywhere". I thought that was a fairly decent description of The Honey Badger. Anyway, his speech has continued to improve over the past few days which gives us hope that he will continue to improve more everyday. He is scheduled for a Doppler of his legs tomorrow to check for clots (trying to see where the clot might have originated), and probably another CT or MRI to check his brain again. He is supposed to have a PM&R doctor evaluate him for rehab tomorrow. His nurse said she wanted him moved to a rehab as soon as he gets out of the ICU. Not sure how many more days he will be in ICU, but I will be glad to get him back to Dallas to be closer to home and the kids. I cannot say enough good things about Plaza Medical Center. Allan has had outstanding care. In fact, we have all had outstanding care. The staff has taken care of me and allan's family like we were patients as well. The nurses and physicians have shown such compassion to us. Excellent customer service!! I will update more tomorrow. Thanks for all of your kind words and prayers. They go a long way when your world crashes right before your eyes. So grateful that Allan is still with me! And a special shout out to Cindy; thanks for the spa-like treatment at your place. The best shower I've had in a long time! You are a great friend.