Excellent news!
Update: Herk was off sedation most of the day, got pretty active this afternoon, squeezing my hand, smiling to things I was saying, moving his legs and opening his eye. He has a fever and his heart rate is a little high so they will probably keep him sedated a little to relax him. He got to eat today and ate a lot for the first feeding! He is on the schedule for surgery tomorrow to repair his fracture in his cheek. It's purely cosmetic but without it, his eye would start to droop on his face. Otherwise he is stable and showing great improvement, his left side is still stronger than the right but showing progress. The neuro surgeon is not convinced that any part of his body (including the eye) is permanently damaged and he is very impressed with how much he has improved in such a short time.