Giants fan Stow opens the eyes but remains critical

SAN FRANCISCO - A Giants fan who was severely beaten at the Dodger Stadium opening day opens his eyes but remained in critical condition at San Francisco General Hospital, head of the Medical Center neurosurgeon, said Wednesday.

Bryan Stow was weaned off the coast of one of the five anti-seizure drugs since his arrival Monday in a Los Angeles hospital, where he had been in a coma after having attacked in March, Dr. Geoff Manley said. Brain of the Stow also did not show any activity of seizure for 30 hours of continuous monitoring in the hospital intensive care unit.

Manley described these positive developments, but could not anticipate Stow chances for recovery.

"We just don't know right now," he said. "We will treat him as if he will make a recovery." We are being very aggressive. We will leave no stone unexplored. "But time will tell."

The aim in the coming weeks is to taper the remaining drugs to better assess the damage caused to Stow of the brain, said Manley. Los Angeles doctors had placed Stow in a coma medically induced in what Manley called an "epic battle" to control his seizures, which may cause more brain damage.

Stow, a paramedic for 42 years and father of two, is a shirt of giants in the season opener March 31 in Los Angeles and was attacked by two men in Dodgers gear in a parking lot after the game. No arrests have been made.

Chief of Police of Los Angeles Charlie Beck said Tuesday that the Dodgers have offered $ 100,000 for information leading to the arrest of the suspects. The offered reward now stands at more than $200,000.

Detectives are interested in approximately 500 leads in their search for the attackers, said Beck.

Doctors are concerned about the possible other damage to the brain of the Stow, while he was transported from Los Angeles to the unity of the internationally recognized San Francisco General brain trauma. But Manley said that Stow suffered no complications during the trip.

The difficulty of predicting the chances of the Stow of recovery is the result of a limited understanding of the science of traumatic brain injury, Manely said is comparable to the level of medical knowledge on cancer and heart disease 40 researchers, or 50 years ago doctors.