Coming around

I left the hospital for a couple of hours - the visitors have to leave during certain blocks of time during the day, including each night from 6:30 - 9:00. When I came back, the nurse gave me a short update. She said that Tom will be getting a brain scan in the morning. She also said that they have stopped giving him pain medicine all together. I think the pain medicine was a big part of the problem with him being so distant. He is much more responsive. Still difficult to understand and tired, but definitely more alert. I'm spending the night, so tomorrow morning I'll let you know how everything went.