12:30pm, Saturday

Mom gets a chance to rub Noah's feet. Photo credit: Bob Fell





This morning came with more encouraging news. Noah's ICP (brain pressure) levels are considerably lower (which is desirable), and all of his other vital signs seem to be stable--considering. Furthermore, his oxygen saturation remains close to 100%, despite the fact that they've lowered the 02 concentration he is breathing from 90% to 45%. This is all very good news. Lastly, we met with the Neurologist today, who is encouraged by the CT scans and who remains hopeful that if we can rebuild Noah's health to a point where we can wake him up, that damage might be less than originally thought. We remain very hopeful. Lastly, we learned that Noah has been taken off of pentobarbital anesthetic and has been put on propofol as a prelude to hopefully waking him up and taking him off the ventilator -- another step in the right direction. We also seem to be making progress on his pnemonia and the secretions from his lungs are less in volume and viscosity. The Pulmonologist also decided that he did not need another bronchoscopy today. Noah's doctor is very clear that we are not yet out of the woods; however, we are encouraged by Noah's progress. Thank you all again for your love and support; it is clearly helping Noah.