Status 6/25/2008

As you all may know, Curtis fell about 40 feet from a window June 24, and he has sustained severe head trauma. Today we have waited mostly and hoped for a good prognosis. Most is unknown and remains to be seen once his brain swelling lessens and they can assess if there is any damage. We hope for a full recovery of course.. Tomorrow, hopefully in the morning, they will have him in surgery to assess the abdominal area and check the organs again and intestines. If okay, they will stitch him up and begin the process of weaning him off the ventilator and sedation drip. What we hope to see is that Curtis becomes responsive and starts to breathe on his own. This would be wonderful and you all know that Curtis would not want to let us down! He has given us much hope today in that he has responded to the neural pain reflexes as well as made his own movements. He has stretched his feet several times as well as squeezed our hand during 1 on 1 visits. While we do not clearly know why Curtis climbed out the window, we know that he was not clearly thinking. I do not think that he did this intentionally but that under his altered state he was confused and did not realize where he was. That is my theory. I feel in my heart that Curtis knows that we are all there for him and can feel and hear us, and that he will really try to pull thru this. I believe, too, that he will. Thank you for all your prayers and support. Renee