true level of his brain function. dr. manly says traumatic brain injury is where cancer was 40 or 50 years ago. these injuries are very complicated making it a challenge to care for these patients. we really haven t study the this effectively and it is one of the silent epidemics. they are trying to get him to san francisco without further injury to his brain. the team that transported him from la county did a superb job. he showed up here. he looked great. transporting a critically ill patient like stow can be risky. his blood pressure can drop or there may be enough problems getting enough oxygen to his organs. now stow is opening his eyes spontaneously and responding to painful stimuli. these are very primitive functions. what this means for his long- term prognosis is unclear. at this point the steps to recovery are incremental and doctors are taking it it day-by- day. it is good to get an update now that he is back home. thank you. well, late this after