My brother, Eric, is making progress. He is now up to a 21/23 on his Coma Recovery Scale. He is starting to be able to say his name, and bend his left leg a little bit (not sure how volitional). He can move his left hand fairly well - he folded a small piece of sandpaper up so small I had a hard time finding it. He is able to answer yes/no questions with seemingly good accuracy, by nodding. He even participated in some speech therapy with me (I'm a speech-language pathologist) working on voicing (did well) and combining 2 sounds (eh...).
His jaw, which was wired shut because 2 fractures, should be unwired within the next 2 weeks. He went for a CAT scan to see how his broken neck is healing, hoping we can ditch the cervical collar which is causing skin wounds. We haven't gotten the results yet though.
He has miraculously good health insurance, something a fellow Mustachian would appreciate. He is 100% covered at this facility/level of care! Such a blessing. The therapists about fell over when they heard this.
I got too overwhelmed and just hired a realtor to rent out his house - a process which we didn't even start until last week (the renting that is). Ug, where did the time go!?!