It was a long day at the hospital, but all was good. They have begun decreasing the ventilator which is great news. I was talking with Tracy tonight as we were visiting about how we were hearing different breathing sounds; I think we could hear the difference between dad's breaths and the machine and we just want to keep hearing more of dad's!

Tomorrow they will be doing another CT scan to see if there is any improvement with the bleeding; we will post the results when we find out. They did put a filter in his leg to prevent clots going from his legs to the upper part of his body. The nurses let us know this was routine for any trauma patient and it is comforting to me they are taking precautions for other things beside the head. The nurses have been so amazing at St. Mary's. All of them have been so understanding with all of our questions and anxieties, and boy do we have a lot of them right now.

Other things that are important to note are they are also slowly decreasing his sedative and morphine to be able to get him more responsive both for the weening off of the ventilator and to keep checking his mental status. I think today we saw more activity than any other day.

There is a long way to go though. I am not sure he knows exactly what happened and what is going on. Every time he seems to wake up he immediately tries to lift his right hand and becomes anxious. We keep telling him he is ok, the tube will be out soon and that he is making amazing progress. I am sure it is a lot for him to take in and probably a lot of it disappears each time he falls back to sleep.

Thank you to everyone who is calling and writing to send your love! We really appreciate all of your support!