The goal for Emily's medical team this morning was to "wean Emily from sedatives," and they got most of the way there. Thankfully, they were able to control her temperature with Tylenol and take her off the cooling pads, which allowed them to dramatically reduce her sedatives without her starting to shiver and her heart rate and breathing getting too high.

They were also able to take the bolt out of her head that had been holding the pressure sensor, which was a big milestone. This of course left her mother without a number on the screen to fixate on - I spent the afternoon moving between heart rate and temperature. Since I had to get up to check her temperature, it even gave me the closest thing I've had to exercise in a while.

Now that the sensor is out, I had a chance to brush what Sammie from DSA referred to as "that hair, that crazy beautiful hair." Ken held her hand while I worked on it and let me know her grip was getting much stronger. Now her incredibly sorry bun has been replaced with an even sorrier braid. I obviously rank right up there with ER nurses in my hair styling abilities.

Emily was moving both arms today, yawning and showing much more facial expressions. All we can do is wait and pray that she wakes up soon.

Sunday night when Emily was first in the hospital she had a wonderful nurse named Aaron. His job was quite simply to make sure she made it through that first critical night. Tonight Aaron came back to work and specifically requested Emily as his patient. We were all so incredibly touched. Words cannot express how grateful we are for all of the cards, flowers, food, prayers and good thoughts. Special thanks to our neighbor Julie for coordinating all of this for us so that we can focus on Emily and to our families for being there to support us.