This is Julie's friend, Jenny, updating her blog since she is at the hospital now with Brian. I am going to attempt to summarize what has been happening to the best of my ability after speaking with Julie.

Yesterday during the lunch hour, Brian was playing soccer with co-workers when he collapsed on the soccer field. His heart stopped beating and people began CPR. Someone was able to access a defibrillator right away. The defibrillator was successful on the first try and Brian was then transported to the hospital. They think his heart was stopped for approximately 3 minutes.

At the hospital, they started a 24 hour therapy where they sedated him and cool his body temperature way down in order to prevent his brain from swelling. Around 5 pm tonight, they will begin to warm his body back up and they expect him to wake up sometime tomorrow morning. Brian is stable and they expect a full recovery. The results of the initial cat scan and echo did not show anything abnormal.

Brian will probably be in the hospital for at least a week, but probably not too much more than that if all goes well when he wakes up.

Julie said that God has been providing amazing support for them during this time. A couple of their neighbors have been helping take care of Aubrey and Malakai and have provided rides to the hospital. Brian's coworkers have been very helpful and supportive as well. Brian's parents were in North Carolina and flew back last night when they heard what happened. Julie's mom and brother will get to Houston tonight to be there for support as well.

Please continue to pray for Brian and Julie and I will keep updating this as I hear more.