Day 9: Coming out of the fog

After a few days of solid rest Mikey seemed calmer and more relaxed today. He was conscious, alert and calm while we chatted for nearly an hour and a half. He is still murmuring and mumbling under his breath but I can only imagine what 9 days of intravenous morphine does to your speech abilities. Some words come out loud and clear, others under his breath. In the middle of our visit the physical therapist came and Mikey stood up twice with only minimal support at the elbow. The physical therapist said he only helped 25%, Mikey was the other 75%.When you tell Mikey that someone is in to see him he casually responds "hey whatsup." After his therapy the doc asked if Mikey knew who I was and he was confused and could not come up with anything, but after the doc left he said "It was Brian wasn't it."