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Wow. What a rollercoaster.

Today, Tim did even better than he did yesterday. He opened his eyes, looked around, and responded to questions and statements. He had kind of a half-grin in some cases and, at one point, appeared to try to say something.

I asked him if he wanted a pen to write with and he shook his head no. I asked him if he remembered what happened - no again. I asked if he wanted to know what happened. No.

He followed the nurse and Suzanne around the room with his eyes.

When we spoke with the Doctor this morning, he said that things are looking much better. He did caution that Timmy is 'critically stable.' So, going back to the forest analogy, he's not out of the woods yet. I asked the nurse if she thought he was able to answer some more detailed questions and she said no. He still can't lift up the proper number of fingers when asked or do anything more complicated than move, nod, or blink on request.

He had another CAT scan today and there is, apparently, no real change. I say apparently because the doctors didn't talk to us or the nurse about it.

Also, he is still on the breathing machine, but is breathing entirely on his own. The machine is just there as precaution and to provide some oxygen.

My nephew, Chad, and brother-in-law, Bill, took the pizza comment seriously and ordered pizza and salad for the nurses. Chad works for a restaurant delivery service and was able to arrange delivery of a fantastic meal. It was great to see the nurses' faces light up when we told them. The cool thing was that I got to take the credit for it...

The four of us, Mark, Carla (Mark's wife), Ken, and Suzanne are still viewing all of these events through the lens of our mother's death. She died of a massive brain hemorrhage at the age of 52. It is very hard for us to be optimistic, but Timmy is making it much easier by his continued improvement.

Thank you all again for your thoughts and prayers. I will print up the comments made and will take them to Timmy and read them out loud.

mark