Meeting with Dr. Wong 091127

Met with Dr. Wong this afternoon. He has a way of bringing us back to his reality each time. His message is still the same, asking us to "hope for the best, and prepare for the worst". He said that not much has changed in the past few days, and his coma scale still fluctuates around 3-4 out of 15, of which we have been aware.

Within the doc's very grim message, we were able to pick out the positive news that according to dad's recent brain scan, it showed minimal brain damage caused by the blood built up before the initial surgery (but perhaps damage only from the period of lack of oxygen). Dr. Wong also shared that the next steps for dad include weaning him off the breathing machine, and also the drainage tube from his brain. He laid out upcoming problems to be expected, including pneumonia and other complications. He said there's nothing much more they could do in the meantime, except to wait for dad to wake up.

When asked what family members could do besides waiting, he said, "pray"!! Really, that's what he prescribed for us!! So we'll faithfully continue with our daily doses of prayer!

今天下午與黃醫生會面，如常的，他總叫我們要面對現實，現時可說的，只是“希望最好，但預備最壞的”。醫生說父親的情況於過去幾天沒有甚麼轉變，昏迷指數仍是徘徊於 3 – 4之間〈15分滿分〉。

跟醫生的對話裏，我們稍安慰的，是父親最近的腦掃描顯示，中風血塊所造成的腦部破壞不算嚴重〈但腦缺氧所造成的損害則仍未可知〉。黃醫生說未來可以造的，只是逐步把呼吸機拿走，把腦液導管除去。醫生也說到可見的問題是，肺炎和其他併發症，他說現除了等待父親自己醒來，旁人沒甚麼可做。

當問到除了等之外，可有甚麼可做，醫生只說祈禱。醫生只是開了這劑祈禱葯，就讓我們每天憑信祈求。
(Chinese translation by The Oaks)