No improvement

This morning I went with one of my sons to the doc.
Since last saturday he's dealing with a one sided facial paralysis.
It came out of the blue. He woke up with it.

There's almost no improvement.
His eye can close about half a centimeter more. That's it.

I'm worried sick.

The doc prepared him kindly for what might lie ahead of him.
I've done the same this week, and we nearly used the same words.

Three days more prednison and an appointment for next month.

Let's hope he belongs to the group that show improvement in three weeks time.
he didn't belong to the group that show improvement within a week.