libertas primordium on Nostr: Multifactorial encephalopathy is the diagnosis. That's a complicated term meaning ...

Multifactorial encephalopathy is the diagnosis. That's a complicated term meaning that multiple health complications overwhelmed my wife's brain to the point that it just shut down. Head trauma from the car accident left her more susceptible to this happening.

She's awake now but most of her brain isn't active yet. Mentally she's an infant right now. All of those more complex brain systems that develop as we grow up, hers are offline right now. There's no way to know how long it will take her to recover, or if she will fully recover. The neurology team is hopeful given the factors that led to this that she can make a full recovery eventually.

I just sit here and hold her hand all day. Sometimes we smile at each other. She's showing a little more muscle activity day by day but it's just random, involuntary movement. She doesn't respond to commands, so she either doesn't understand or doesn't have the ability to direct conscious intentional muscle movement. I talk to her all day long anyway.

A couple weeks ago I thought I was going to lose her, so even though this all sounds scary, I'm grateful to have an answer to what's wrong with her and know there's a chance for us to get our life together back. She's in the best possible care here in Seattle, and God is good. 🙏