Update: Saturday December 10th, 2:00pm

I just heard from the neurologist regarding last nights brain scan. They call this brain injury a "diffused axonal injury" which is consistent with the high force blow the brain received. These types of injuries are rated 1-3 with 3 being the most severe, and Mike is a 3. There are lots of tiny bruises and tears and broken blood vessels, but the hemorrhaging has not gone up any further.

His intracranial pressure has been normal for the last 24 hours, so they could potentially remove the pressure monitor so that they can do an MRI and lay him flat to see if the pressure holds. If all goes well, down the line they may give him meds for neurostimulation to help him wake up.

Level 3 DA injuries can wake up right away, or they can take a long time, so there's really no telling.

We bought a bunch of snacks and drinks for his nurses, doctors and guests to enjoy, so if you come by please help yourself.

We are also setting up a small Christmas tree in his room with paper ornaments that you can write messages on and hang on his tree for him to enjoy when he wakes up. Feel free to take some of those and bring them back so that he can get written messages from his friends who can't come by.