5.22.03 motivation

With the trach in place, he seems to have improved. He can't talk very well yet but he managed to convey the following:

I have been a helping professional for thirty years and you, he pointed to the nurse, are treating me like garbage.

Oh, happy day - the moment when an ICU patient gets mad is an awesome turning point. It is the complacent fade that is more worrisome.

He asked for juice. He said that he didn't appreciate the fact that while he was in a coma they didn't explain what they were doing to him.

This is by no means a guarantee that all is well. But it is really good news.

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