A wink, a squeeze and a thumbs up

More comforting news. The doctors recently changed his sedative to a weaker drug. This drug reacts different for each patient, but the idea is, it will wake him up more, but still keep him comfortable. So far he is adjusting well.
Mak's sister Emma, was upstairs holding his hand and asked him to squeeze it and open his eyes...and long behold Mak responded. He made an effort to opened his right eye a few times and squeezed her hand. His left eye is still sore. She then asked him to give her a thumbs up...and sure enough he did the very best he could to lift his thumb up (the thumb that was holding Emma's hand).

All so exciting. We are all aware that Mak is still in a coma, but these types of responses are what doctors hope and look for in brain injuries.