9:15 am. I just spoke with Tami about 10 minutes ago. They were able to do the procedure last night at 10pm, where they put the filters in to catch the blood clots in case they are released. Kevin's ICP has remained under 25 for over 24 hours. They are waiting for the doctor's okay to begin reducing the med that is keeping Kevin in a coma. This should happen today sometime. I'm going out to the hospital in just a little bit to spend some time with Tami.
9:45 pm I was able to spend some time this afternoon with Tami, Sarah, and Sarah's mom, Janet, in the waiting room outside of Kevin's room. It was so exciting to see their smiling faces. Kevin is opening his eyes to stimuli. Tami had her hand on his this afternoon and Kevin slightly moved his hand. If all goes well, in the next couple of days they should have a much better assessment of Kevin's neurological baseline. His ICP was way down to 7 or8! This is great. Even when the nurse was suctioning Kevin's mouth the ICP was staying down. Although his blood pressure was going up, so they have increased his morphene intake. They believe the more he wakes up the more pain he will feel. Thus, the increase in his blood pressure. Please keep praying!
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