MRI results don't show any evidence of another stroke. The nurse said this could be due to the TPA doing its job well enough that the stroke might have been "erased" from view on the MRI. Blood enzyme tests show that heart damage might have occurred. Dad is still on a respirator and still sedated because when they pull him off the sedation, his heart rate and blood pressure go up. When they have decreased his sedative, he opens his eyes and can somewhat make eye contact. He moves his right arm (though it is tied down) and seems to also be voluntarily moving his left arm also. He has redness in his arms and face and we are not sure what is causing that--possibly the drug they're using to keep his blood pressure down.
There is no plan for the doctors to do anything but watch Dad today. A TEE might be performed tomorrow. That is a procedure where they run a camera down his esophagus to look at his heart. That would give a definitive opinion as to whether a heart attack or any damage to the heart has occurred.
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