Update on my brother
Still in ICU, still intubated but they are weaning the Versed and he is starting to breathe on his own. The seizures are suppressed with heavy doses of some anticonvulsant and he is getting Solu-Medrol. He is also getting plasmapharesis, twice so far. And they have no clue in the world what caused this. Best guess is that it's either para-neoplastic i.e. some bizarre form of cancer, or that it's some equally oddball autoimmune thing. In either case, prognosis is theoretically pretty grim and even if he does recover we're looking at a long spell of neurocognitive rehab and some level of intermediate care. That's what my brother the MD says. I don't know. This is foreign territory to me but my brother is prone to the "zebras" in medicine so who's to say he would follow an "expected" course? As my daughter says, "When a person's organs are in a parallel universe..." (referring to the fact that he was born with situs inversus)
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Good thoughts and vibes to you and yours. 
You are in my thoughts and I am hoping for the best possible outcome.
