Friday Update

Saw Ryan briefly today. He was awake for part of the visit, but a little worn out after the physical therapist was with him in the morning. Ryan is still responding to commands. He'll nod his head and crack a smile every so often. The doctors still want to move him from the ICU now that he has stabilized. When a bed at the Touro becomes available, he will be moved. Hopefully this will happen in the next week.

Picture Album

Over the weekend, many of Ryan's friends contributed pictures for an album that was given to Carol, Ryan's mom, for Mother's Day. We wanted to share the pictures with all of you that visit the blog, so here is the Picasa link.

https://picasaweb.google.com/richardslocum/RyanToShareOnBlog03#

Thanks again to everyone that contributed and helped put the album together. Ryan is doing good today. He was a little tired this morning, but he was awake and tracking for a few minutes. He would also squeeze my hand when asked, so he's definitely making some progress. The doctors still don't know if or when he'll be moved from the ICU. We'll keep you updated if we hear anything.

Mother's Day Update

Ryan is becoming more and more responsive. He has been off of the ventilator for almost a week and is starting to respond to simple commands. During tonight's visit, he was holding my hand and would squeeze it when I asked him to squeeze. He made eye contact during the whole visit and would smile several times when we mentioned something funny or told him stories about his dogs, friends and family. He also sat up in a chair for six hours for the first time today. The nurse said he was responding to commands and seemed to enjoy sitting up.

He has not been moved out of the ICU yet. The nurse mentioned that he might stay in the ICU for a few more days, then possibly move over to Touro Hospital to begin rehab. This could be as early as mid week.

There were a bunch of people in town this weekend for Jazz Fest. Many of Ryan's friends that were in town held a brunch at Ryan's house on Saturday. We put together a photo album for Mrs. Porcelli for Mother's Day and presented it to her at the brunch. Thanks so much to everyone that contributed photos of Ryan for the album and to everyone that helped put it together. We are organizing the photos in an online album and will post it on the blog shortly.