Dr. Bailes
Dr. Bailes
far predicting uncharted ways
We are in many ways in uncharted territory, as far as predicting his recovery.
measured months outlook predicting territory uncharted weeks
In many ways, we are in uncharted territory in predicting his recovery. The long-term outlook will be measured in weeks and months and not days.
false hope
These are, we think, very important signs, perhaps, of an emergence. But we don't want to give false hope and we know that there is still a long way to go to making that recovery.
confident early great patient seeing today
What you're seeing here today is a very early patient recovery. We are confident he is going to have a great outcome.
confident good
We're confident that he's going to have a good outcome.
best consider light
We consider him probably best described as in a light coma.
best grab pain
The best he has done is (responding to) localized pain something he doesn't like. He comes up to grab your hand.
best grab pain
The best he has done is (responding to) localized pain -- something he doesn't like. He comes up to grab your hand.
early great hoping
We're hoping for a great recovery, but it's just too early to know.
brain early
It is probably too early for us to tell what that means, but it is very important to us that he has a lot of brain activity.
clear clue extent injury time
I think we have no clear clue of the extent of his injury or the time of his recovery.
days few meaningful seen signs
I think every few days we have seen more and more responsiveness and meaningful neurological signs from him.
He's done so well, we couldn't keep him in any longer.
against backs
Our backs were against the wall. We had to use everything we could.