Day 9

Scott remains stable and sedated in ICU.  It has been one week since we heard his voice and that he was alert.  The doctors are keeping him under medical sedation and on a ventilation machine due to his pain and the open wounds that he endured during his second surgery, as well as the short amount of time between his multiple surgeries.  We are lucky that his heart is very strong that that he is physically fighting.  So many doctors and nurses have told how amazing it is that he is still with us after the dissection occurred last week and that they are rooting for him.  He has the most incredible team taking care of him.  It can be tough for us to see him hooked up to so many machines, IVs, tubes and the like that patients have in the ICU.  And it has been even more emotional for us that we cannot communicate with him...only in the brief moments that his sedation wears off.  Please keep the prayers coming for strength not only for Scott to keep fighting, but for his loved ones, too.