saturday evening (weather report)

a cold front is on it's way through the great lakes tonight, and i think it's probably bringing lake effect snow on the other side of lake michigan, and some frigid temps on this side. i was going to go back to get some stuff and look in on the house, but decided not to navigate southwest michigan's snow belt with a limited amount of time, and not a whole lot of capacity to deal with a car accident tonight.

there are a lot of mysteries popping up about isaiah today-- and we're trying to get on board with what a possible plan might be to deal with multiple issues. it's a bit difficult to cozy up to the idea that no one here knows what happened on wednesday, and therefore there is not a coordinated effort to help him get better. we've been in this spot before- it's been a while- but we've been here. and of course, being here doesn't make it an easier place to be.

the surgeons don't know- and there's a few surgeons thinking about it. the neurologists don't know- and we're getting a good flavor for how inexact that area of medicine really is. the ICU team just keeps track of what's going on from hour to hour, and reacts to what it sees. we're reminded by familiar medical staff that we're only three days out, there has been some good news from time to time- and that critical care medicine is really like a series of difficult puzzles- some without solutions.

it seems a lot longer than 3 days out already.