Day 17 hour 21

The doctor just came in. She says Tony is moving in the right direction. She says he hasn't had to have the drug to reduce his ICP for 48 hours so she is going to meet with the trauma team about pinching off his drain and see how he does. If he doesn't have trouble they will remove his drain soon. She is also talking about removing his breathing tube as well as bringing him off the medication and trying to wake him up. The physical therapist is here right now. he had said Tony needs to be to a point where he is following commands before he can work with him. Looks like Tony is moving towards that so he is starting the preliminaries. The next phase will probably be to move Tony to a step down status. That would be in a different part of the hospital because he would be at a point where he doesn't need the level of care of the ICU anymore but he still needs a high level. At some point when he is stable enough they will move him by ambulance to a hospital closer to home. Baby steps. Thank you all for praying. Please continue to pray!

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