July 31

Today marks 72 hours since the completion of Noah's surgery. He remains in an drug induced-coma and state of paralysis to give his brain a chance to heal. We had been told and were prepared that this general period of time might be the peak of the swelling resulting from the trauma. Yesterday we learned from Noah's angiogram that the AVM was completely removed and there was no residual bleeding. We came in this morning (Friday) to find that his brain swelling had increased some but his ICP (intracranial pressure) seems stable. He continues to fight the pnemonia in his lungs but a second bronchoscopy we authorized today extracted less mucus today than yesterday. Overall he's medically stable at this point considering the extent of his illness and the bottom line is that we remain hopeful that we can get Noah's health to a point where we can wake him up and assess where we are at. Go Noah go!