November 4, 2005 - Mid-Morning

Our princess continues to increase her activity level. At the nurse's direction, Kurt wiggled her feeding tube and the little one squinched up her face and pulled back from him. We can't describe the exhiliration her little squinching gave us after spending 2 weeks of near non-responsiveness. TAnn and Brenda were also both lucky enough to feel her squeeze (not a true squeeze, but a bit of finger pressure) while holding her hands. [TAnn felt it this morning, Brenda felt it last night]. She's not squeezing on command yet, but we're hoping that's just around the corner. We are optimistic but realize that we still don't know the extent of damage her brain suffered. It's too early to tell whether the interaction is voluntary or involuntary. She's scheduled for another CAT scan late this morning so we hope we have more to share tomorrow morning.

PS After weeks of telling the nurses of what a little "princess" our girl was, her wonderful nursing team found her a little gold tiara and surprised us with it yesterday. Our girl is really holding court in the ICU now!