I want to emphasize that this is a very, very gradual process.
Little by little, he is giving us more signs that he is getting better but he will not wake up for the next day or two.
We cannot say he is out of danger.
There is always damage in cases like these. We have to wait to see how he will react when we lessen the dosage of the medications that are keeping him sedated.
These are improvements, It is too early to speak about cognitive function.
A tracheotomy is not a bad sign because it improves the cleaning of the lungs.
We are still very far from having the ability to assess the extent of damage. It could weeks and even months.
Life for these Jewish gauchos was very hard. They had no tractors, suffered from locusts and made a pittance of a living - so my father went to find work in Rosario, married there and eventually brought the whole family over.