Monday, the 14th of June

We walk in to notice that there is substantially more brain activity on the EEG. What had been tiny squiggly lines are now bumpy lines. We try to see if he responds to words like bacon, but to no avail. His ICP is back up to 20, but they expected it to rise when they took him off the pheno. They have dialed back the ventilator from 19 to 16 breaths per minute to normalize his blood gasses. He no longer looks like he's panting. He's also beginning to create small amount of back pressure on the ventilator which is a tiny precursor to breathing on his own. Again, the puffiness has decreased, except maybe in his left arm.

Nothing new on the evening visit except we bump into his doctor. He's pleased with the progress so far. He plans on maybe removing the bolt (pressure meter) maybe tomorrow or the next day. Dad's pupils were responsive to light.