Just talked to Amy who said Jon has improved since Sunday when he appeared really out of it. The medical staff have deemed the heart monitors to no longer be necessary, so they disconnected him from that. They also are weaning him off some of his medications, providing them only when needed and not routinely. (The anti-viral treatment for the encephalitis will continue until completion on the 9th, however).
Amy, Sabrina and Eric even took Jon outside for a while (in a wheelchair, but still, at least he got to see some new sights apart from his hospital room). As it turned out, he got too hot after a few minutes and wanted to get back into the air conditioned room. The whole time he was outside, he kept saying, "I didn't think it would be like this."
Clearly Jon is approaching the point where they're going to have to determine the next steps. Although Jon's improvement has been exceptional, people who have had brain damage akin to Jon's may take several months before they are back to their normal selves.
A skilled nursing facility was mentioned by at least one of the doctors, but Amy is a little worried that it might depress Jon if he's mixed up with people twice his age. So she's exploring other options.
A note about this blog: If anyone else would like to post updates here, we encourage you to do so. For example if you visited Jon and would like to share your experiences with Jon and Amy's friends and family members, please send your story to thejonlesageblog@gmail.com and we'll post it.
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