Emmett is coming up on his first birthday and doctors think he will likely need lifelong care, but he is improving every day. It is impossible to tell how much he will be able to recover as he still has considerable blood on his brain. He was blind, but it now appears he may be recovering some sight in one of his eyes. He was thought to be totally deaf, but it appears he may be hearing some sounds as he is very responsive and is making sounds of his own.