Los had a good start to his Father's Day morning, doing his daily early AM hangout + Bible study with his dad, Charles. The love witnessed between father and son (Charles and Los) each morning there in the SICU is truly inspiring and contagious. Make sure to give an extra special hug to the fathers in your life today. 🫶 Los remains in his coma condition. Dex (sedation med) has remained off overnight and into this morning, which is good and will hopefully allow the “wake-up meds” he started 2 days ago to continue their work unimpeded. 👍🙏 Los [...]

All the prayers are working and truly making an impact!! Los had a much better sleep last night. Dex (sedation med) has remained off. They started a “wake-up” med late yesterday and will keep that going today (now that Dex is off… with the hope that can help bring him out of the coma now that his vitals are back and in a consistent, stable condition). CPAP went longer yesterday (4 hrs) and is back to going the right direction again (versus the 1/2 hr. the day before)!! White cell counts are down from 16 yesterday to 12 this [...]

A bit of a restless sleep for Los last night as his body looks to be fighting some sort of possible infection (based on white cell count spike, and fever that has been hovering around 101). Doctors have started a general antibiotic as of last night. As of 9:30am his fever started to subside a bit. Please be praying those symptoms continue to settle and stabilize throughout the day today. Dex had gone back on to help with some neuro-storming / elevated blood pressure and heart rate overnight (Dex currently at 0.2). But vitals started to stabilize this morning [...]

2hrs on CPAP yesterday. Doctors are hoping to see that turn around today and start going back the other direction with longer progressions in the days ahead. They will try CPAP and the ergo-bike again this morning and see how Los does. Doctor outlined and reminded us that this is a long process of healing, as they work with Los hour by hour, day by day. Dex (sedation med) is still off. Some occasional posturing / flexion off and on. But overall Los looks comfortable, and his blood pressure and heart rate are back closer to normal. 🙏 Los [...]

Los did 4 hrs on CPAP yesterday… Less time than the days prior, but nurses believe he was tired from the few long prior days on CPAP and wanted to focus on and prioritize rest. Prayers needed for Los’ strength to push through and get back into a CPAP rhythm there. The goal is for longer durations each day. A decent night for Los on the ventilator last night. One neuro-storming incident, which he was able to recover from and settle back down for the remainder of the night. Los’ eyes still opening halfway (dazed state) for a few [...]