June 08, 2003
Big news again today. Kyle got out of bed this morning long enough for Mom and Dad each to hold him. He also had his first hair washing since the surgery, and began sitting up in his bed.

June 07, 2003
There is a continual slow progression in Kyle's recovery. He was a little more awake today and also has increased overall movement.

For Kyle, however, the most exciting part of the day was his nukie. The hospital staff let Kyle have his nukie once again!

June 06, 2003

Today is a big day. Kyle has had most of his tubes removed. The ventriculostomy drain has been removed from his head as have the bandages. He is wearing his own clothes.

Lots of small steps have been taken on the long journey he is on.

June 05, 2003
Kyle can now close his left eye.
He is also regaining more hand movement and a lot of the tubes that he was connected to have now been removed.

June 04, 2003
As the doctors say "Nothing Clever to add" today.

June 03, 2003
As of this morning, Kyle has been breathing pretty well on his own.

The amount of breathing the ventilator is doing for Kyle has been turned down significantly, meaning he is doing most of the breathing on his own.

Doctors tried to remove Kyle from the ventilator this morning, but Kyle couldn't quite breathe 100% on his own yet, so he is still on the ventilator.

In a few days, doctors will try again to remove the ventilator from Kyle and let him attempt to breathe without the ventilator.

June 2, 2003
Today Kyle is breathing even more on his own. He is also more alert.

June 1, 2003
No significant changes today. The doctors keep saying "boring is good" .

May 31, 2003
Kyle is in intensive care. His eye is beginning to move in response to voices and sounds. He also has begun taking breaths on his own, although he is still on a ventilator.

May 29, 2003
Kyle underwent surgery today. Doctors removed a cancerous tumor called an ependymoma. The procedure lasted approximately 7 hours.