Sunday, the 13 of June

It turns out that when a doctor says three days he means after three days not including the day of surgery. On our Sunday morning visit the first thing we noticed was that Dad's ICP was down to 8! This was after three days of hovering around with really no downward trend. At 11 a.m. they stopped his phenobarbital to begin the waking process. Apparently, pheno has a half life of around 40 hours, so they aren't expecting him to get up and dance any time soon. In addition, they gave him some drugs to increase his pee output and dialed back his fluids so he could dry out some. Kidney function had returned to normal range a few days ago and he seemed quite willing to help out. At this point he's hooked up to an EEG for constant monitoring.

By Sunday evening only two things look different: his ICP is back up to 12, and he's noticeably less puffy.