Sunday, March 16th – 4:00PM

My dad’s resting heavily this afternoon. The nurse came in and roused him a bit and she gave him a “thumbs up.” He was communicating via hand squeezes and caressing my mom’s hand. He opened his eyes to see my mom; but, he struggled to focus and keep them open. His fever is back, around 101.6. But, all other vitals look fantastic – his blood pressure is exemplary, his heart rate is relaxed and his blood oxygen is 100%. The ventriculostomy catheter has drained only minimally. He looks good, though, his color is as normal as it’s been and seems to have found a comfortable and different position laying on his side in the bed. His room is still pretty chilly to help fight the fever; but, they don’t have the fan pointed right at him and he’s not on the chilling blanket any longer. They’ve just given him some Tylenol and expect for his fever to drop a bit, as a result.