Making Some Progress

Hey everyone,

Sorry the info around here can be slow to come by. Colby is having a good morning. He made it through the night without any seizures. He had a minor one around 11pm, but no more after that. Jess and I slept in the waiting room last night along with a number of other families. We all had a nice little dump session on what each of our kids is here for. We feel like veterans now as two of the families were getting the same surgery that Colby had 6 months ago. We relayed to them how well he has done since then. Anyways, Colby was sucking on a pacifier this morning so Jess asked if we could feed him. He took down an ounce or two via bottle. We were very excited! He was also making some normal-ish baby sounds and moving his arms and legs all around somewhat like he usually does. These are all very good signs. We just spoke to the neurological team. Finally some solid information. The part of the brain that is affected is the area of the brain that deals with vision. Its the part of the brain that makes a connection to what you're seeing and what it actually is that you're seeing. Dr. Robertson says that Colby's brain is not damaged, just injured and mildly at that. The swelling is somewhat minimal. All good things. I'm taking away from this that this injury can/will heal up. The one issue that the team is currently focusing on is the area of the brain that is affected. This area is not often affected due to a hypoxic event (lack of oxygen). So because of this the team is somewhat baffled. They will be doing testing to rule out a metabolic disorder or a genetic issue. This is the current plan-of-action. Its a wait and see period right now. But Colby is on phenobarbital to stop any seizures from happening and still being monitored via the EEG brain monitor. I feel he's making some small progress and the neurological team seems optimistic, so are we. He's got so many docs coming to check on him, some just to see how he's doing.

On a lighter note Jess and I watched the Office on our computer last night for some good old comic relief. I hope to watch at least some of the Michigan game tonight for some distraction too. I know if we were at home Colby would want to watch it so somebody has to tell him what's going on, right! :)

Thanks again everyone for your thoughts, prayers, prayer chains, messages, voicemails, everything. We listen or read them all and thank you again and again. This seems like deja-vu from 6 months ago but also like last time I think its really working.