October 28, 2005 - Evening

Our girl's ICP (internal cranial pressure numbers) began dropping at 3:30 this afternoon into a more acceptable range. The quick drop is unusual and wasn't expected. (These drops are normally more cyclical and gradual - our girl dropped her ICPs very quickly). We do not know what caused it. We are cautiously optimistic about the reduced numbers, but won't feel entirely sure that it doesn't indicate something worse until the neurosurgeon has the opportunity to examine her and look at her statistics. Numbers that go down so quickly, can also rise just as rapidly. We hope to speak with him this evening and we hope to see this trend continue. In the meantime, everyone keep doing what you're doing, because we're hoping like heck that we are seeing the tiniest pinprick of light in this dark tunnel.