Well it's day 3. She's semi-responsive, but she's not improving. She opens her eyes and sometimes smiles or gives some sign of a reaction, but she still has a fever, she apparently developed an infection (yesterday I believe), and it looks like it's turning into pneumonia. The duration of the whole thing is really really taking its toll on my boyfriend Rich and his family. I got to go in and meet her and talk to her a little. You can tell just by looking in her eyes that she really has a strong spirit to her, and from the stories I've heard about her, I wouldn't doubt she's fighting this with everything she has. She just doesn't look like she's given up, if that makes sense.
I also have a name now for those who have been praying. Her name is Elinor Chatterton, and she's 85. Other than her increase in responsiveness, there's really nothing new to report. The doctors have her on heavy doses of pain medications to try to make her comfortable. They said that all they can really do now is keep her comfortable and wait. Considering they weren't expecting her to last 15 minutes after the respirator was removed and that was well over 24 hours ago, nothing's set in stone right now. The fact that she's not getting better is what really has people upset. She's not getting worse, which is good, but she's definitely not improving either.
Another thing to really pray for is the family right now. Since this is really working on all their nerves, some of them are starting to get on each other's nerves, I noticed. There was one almost fight today so tensions are running kinda high. So pray everyone maintains their sanity through this. This is the time when they really need each other.