February 5th - Evening Update

Extremely excited tonight with Jared's numbers. They began taking him off the heavy sedative and combined it with a milder one this morning. Jared loves the new meds.

Tonight, he is maintaining his ICP between 5-7! I was just sitting here and I noticed that his EEG was showing a lot of peaks, which means, he has more brain activity going on. So, to have a lot of brain activity and low ICP numbers is a good sign. He is running a slight fever, but it's not because of any infections.

So, I've been riding the emotional roller coaster the last two days.

We made a call to some friends that went through a similar situation with their son a few years ago. They just happened to be in St. George, so they came down to talk with us. It was nice to spend time talking with someone that knows what we are going through. They brought their son, Ryan with them. It was wonderful to see him and talk with him.

I'm so grateful for their friendship, they really helped in a moment of need. Here's my shout out to the Thompson Family, Thank you, thank you, thank you, and thanks for dinner. You were a lifesaver tonight. To you Ryan, you are awesome and I love your blue eyes (you'll have to ask Ryan what this means)!!! By the way, Ryan has made a full recovery!