On Wednesday, John had the nerve block procedure done on his right side. Holly and Hudd went with him and he did fairly well throughout the procedure and into the evening. Sometimes John becomes very anxious and the only thing that seems to calm him is Holly. He had an episode of this severe anxiety late Wednesday evening so Holly returned to TIRR to comfort him. We don't know if this is his brain trying to figure everything out or what it is that upsets him but it can be scary because his blood pressure gets high and he becomes very distraught. Fortunately, after about an hour he was able to get to sleep and he seemed to be fine the next morning and since.
We won't know how well the nerve block worked for a few weeks. We should begin to see some differences almost immediately but for the long term it remains to be seen how this procedure will help him in his recovery and therapy sessions. In coming weeks, his physicians will do the other side and hopefully this will really help John's progress.
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