Update on mom

For those who didn't see the edit to the earlier post, my mom's status seizures did eventually stop late Sunday night, and have not returned. The neurologist says most brain-wave functioning seems to be perfectly normal, and they've been tapering back on the meds to get her conscious again. My aunt sang with her last night and got some emotional response, but she's still on (some) phenobarbitol and the ventilator.

The next step is to see if they can get her breathing on her own, so they can move her back to NW Florida with family and home and such. If not... well, my aunt is faxing mom's living will to me as we speak. It's a little unclear as to whether it addresses the situation of permanent brain damage/mechanical respiration; mostly it was designed to deal with terminal illnesses, from what I understand thus far.

Any thoughts are welcome, especially those dealing with quality-of-life issues. Hopefully my stepfather will calm down once mom is able to get home, and he can see her and stop blaming her family for "taking her away". *sigh*