Monday morning came, Blake was still fighting. His neurologist came in and told us that he wanted to do a CT scan to see the damage in Blake’s brain. It was so scarey because they had to take Blake to the X-ray which meant moving him out of his room. It was around 10:00 am when they came for him. It took forever it seemed to get him back to his room. He finally returned and we went in to see him. He was still so still. His nurse Sarah decided it was time he got his teeth brushed and a shave. When she started to brush his teeth, he gagged. She told us that this is a good thing that his gag reflex still worked. This was a good sign. We were so thrilled…we would take any sign of life!!
My sister, Heather arrived and I was so thankful to see her. She went in to see Blake and started talking about Maguire and he started flinching. Sarah, his nurse even saw it. She told Heather to keep talking. Again, we were thankful for the little things.
Around 5:00 pm Sarah came to get us. The CT results were in. As we walked back with her, she was smiling. I asked her if it was good news? She nodded, yes!! A neurologist, not our neurologist, was sitting on the desk and told us she had great news. Blake had mini strokes in his brain…then, she said nothing a healthy 20 year old couldn’t over come. I asked her, are you sure?? She said yes!!
Everyone was waiting on news in the waiting room…when we walked in we told them Blake was going to be ok … There were shouts of JOY!! Once again we gathered in our circle and prayed thanking God for this miracle.
I remember talking to a good friend of mine and asking her..God wouldn’t tease me would he?? In the back of my mind, I couldn’t relax.
That night my sister stayed with Blake so we could get some sleep. I slept 3 hours, got up and got a shower and headed down to see Blake. Little did I know that in only a few hours our lives would be forever changed…