Days 1 and 2

Once Mikey started emerging from the coma he began to breathe over the ventilator. Though his eyes remained closed he responded to our voices by squeezing our hands and twitching his legs. Countless friends and family came to visit him and provided him with words of encouragement and prayer. The bandage on his head was oozing through with blood and pus; however the rest of his body was virtually unscathed, apart from minor cuts and nicks. On the second day he opened his eyes for brief periods of time, darting his eyes around the room. Though his pupils were heavily dilated as a result of the Fentinol that was being administered intravenously, both eyes moved in unison and appeared to be focusing on people or things in his room. During these first few days he was very agitated, restless, and combative. His hands were tied down at his side to prevent any injury to himself; he seemed to be determined to pull out his ventilator, nasal-gastric (feeding) tube, and his catheter (OUCH!). Demonstrating amazing cognitive thought abilities Mikey realized that his hands could not reach his face to pull out his ventilator so instead he scooted his body down and attempted to rip the tubes from his mouth. Upon realization that Mikey was breathing over the ventilator it was promptly removed. During these first few days he was heavily sedated via intravenous Fentinol and Morphine.