12/22 - morning

We got to the hospital an hour ago, so I wanted to give you the latest information we have.  The nurse on Sam Watch last night gave us the rundown on how he did through the night and this morning.  There have been no big changes except for that the pentabarb dosage is being lowered as planned, and that is underway.  His ICP is elevated again - in the 30 range.  Not great, but his number also goes up when they mess with him.  They've had to suction him because his lungs are "junky."  He's on an antibiotic for whatever is going on in there.  His Cerebral Profusion Pressure (CPP) should ideally be between 65-70 and is either in range or just skirting the edges of that.  We take that as promising.  Even more encouraging to us is that as he comes down from the pentobarb, his EEG (measuring brain activity) is showing small bursts.  While the pentobarb was cranking full throttle, there were none.  It was always our hope that the reason for no activity was that he was in such a deep coma.  It looks like that was the case, at least for now.  We just continue to wait and watch, along with all of you.  

Just a small addendum to my post yesterday.  After that, I received several messages saying "Do not respond to this!"  I guess I was excessively clear.  Please know we are not trying to push you away.  Again, thanks for respecting our need for space.

The other day, we went to Verizon to take care of some phone business.  They were having a deal on iPad minis, so I caved. We plan on giving it to Sam when he comes out of this.  I wanted to set it up until that time (and of course play around on it) and I was setting up Siri.  I asked her a question, and she responded, "I'm not sure what you mean, Sam."  I sat there frozen for a while.  I'm sure it was because all of our accounts are linked, or some tech silliness I don't grasp, but it took me several minutes to be able to move.  I know it's probably coincidence/user idiocy that caused it, but as we move forward through all of this, I'm going to presume that now, even Siri is pulling for him.  

Prayer concerns of (this part of) today:

• that his pressure and CPP are in a reasonable range and that no further damage is caused
• that we all have peace each step of this journey
• for all those mentioned in previous posts who in need of healing and comfort.

Thank you, #TeamSam!  You are incredible!