Another Update on my Brother

I am just now coming home from being at the hospital for roughly 17 hours straight, and I have been up without sleep for nearly 41 hours straight! I have only come home to crash so I can be refreshed for tomorrow.

Speaking of which, tomorrow my brother MAY be able to come home! Some prayers have been answered as the gash on the back of his head turned out to not be so bad, and will most likely not require stitches. This also means my brother gets to keep all his poofy hair!

Today when I arrived Zach was answering all kinds of questions, and adding more of his own and answering them, so he seemed very coherent. He's understandably been grumpy and short with everyone including the nurses, which they get a kick out of. But he has been completely cooperative. At one point they told him to roll over on his side, the next he was administered tylenol anally without warning! He didn't too much care for that.

Overall, he was pretty coherent and he knew where he was, why he was there, and he spoke to everyone. He was even cracking jokes and being his goofy self. It was great to see. He did still sleep a lot and drifted in and out all day, so he's getting plenty of rest. And most of his food and drink stayed down today, so all was looking well.

They moved him from the ER to a trauma room between the time I left last night and the time I got there this morning. They quickly (within about three hours) moved him again to a private room on the children's ICU because he had so many visitors coming in and out.

But so far things are looking good. He even stood up and walked just a little bit today, which is what they wanted him to do. He still feels dizzy and his head hurts really bad, which is all to be expected. He won't be allowed to do anything physical for 4-6 weeks, which means he gets excused from Gym if he has it first semester. I think they're going to shift it around.

It's still very unclear what exactly happened as we have been told several conflicting stories, and the fact is only 4 boys were present: My brother, his best friend Tony, and two other friends, one a skater, one not. We don't know if Zach just fell or if one of the other boys accidentally caused the fall, or what.

Several of his friends stayed all night and most of the day, and others, along with family members, popped in and out throughout the day. My Mom has been awake nearly as long as I have, maybe shy 3 hours give or take. She has one person staying with her tonight, so hopefully she'll get a little bit of rest. I figured one of us needed to get some decent sleep just in case Zach does come home, and since she doesn't want to leave his side, here I am.

Thank you all so much for all your prayers and support, you have no idea how much it means to us. God bless you all.

Brant