What day is it?

Sorry I forgot to post yesterday - I'm loosing track of the days and when I write. Matt is looking pretty healed on the outside and its so hard to see him still heavily sedated and intubated. I finally got to talk to a neurosurgeon today and they said he still has a lot of swelling in his brain and he's just going to need more time. They're also thinking his pneumonia is slowing the healing because his body is fighting that right now.

Tomorrow he'll get a tracheostomy and a feeding line directly into his stomach so that they can take all the tubes out of his mouth. That way, he can stay on the ventilator, but they'll be able to wean him off both that and the sedation more quickly. When the sedation was turned down last night he had both his eyes open and was following people around a little and seemed like Matt, so the sooner they can keep him more awake the better. Eventually, he should be able to talk with the trach, too, depending on the swelling/damage in his brain.

Continued thanks for the love & thoughts - he seems to be past the most dangerous time, I hope, and now its just waiting, which has been easier because of all your support.