Day 11 - Evening

It is so nice to see Jake moving his right hand and leg/foot around, even when he's sleeping. The Dr's are really pleased with how he is progressing. They came and removed the ICP monitor around 5:30, took all of 5 minutes to take it out and put a few stitches in. Hours upon hours have been spent watching that number over the past 11 days and it's so strange to look up and have it missing from the screen.

Jake's brain swelling decrease is also visible just by looking at him. The section of the head where the piece of skull is missing is much softer and starting to indent a little. He still has some swelling around his right temple but we're told that will be the last to go down since gravity is causing the swelling that's left to fall. Although he's obviously not ready, I was curious when they'll put the missing skull piece back in and we were told it's usually a few days before he's sent home.

He tolerated to lower breathing rate of 24 and they'll try and bump it down to 20 later this evening. His chest x-ray from the morning also looked better than yesterday's which means the pneumonia is going away too.

The hardest thing with all this progress is knowing that while he is moving forward, he's not out of the woods yet. I just need to pray each day that he continues down the path of healing and continues to avoid complications.