Alyssa Taylor, political science freshman, remains in a coma at Keesler Medical Center in Biloxi, Miss., after she was injured in a head-on collision with a drunk driver.

Taylor, who has been comatose for more than two months, has been showing improvements in her condition. Her family has been keeping friends and family updated on Taylor’s conditions through a blog on the Internet, http://www.alyssataylor.blogspot.com/atom.xml.

According to the Web site, Taylor’s heart rate and blood pressure went down to normal and she is able to breathe on her own. Taylor also had surgery on Dec. 1 to fuse her right foot back together. She has also had ventriculostomies, a tube to drain the fluid in her head. The doctors have drained all of the fluid that once surrounded her brain. Taylor has had pins removed from her left foot.

The doctors are planning to give Taylor another CAT scan on Monday to make sure the fluid has not returned and are also planning to put a shunt in her head.

Though the family was unable to be reached, Ann Taylor, Alyssa’s mother, told The Sun Herald that the family believes that Alyssa can hear because she sometimes moves her head when her name is called.

The family has also set up the Benefit for Alyssa Taylor, a fund that is used for Taylor’s medical expenses. The fund is set up at Hancock banks in Mississippi.

The family also asks that everyone pray for Alyssa Taylor and her health, according to the blog.

Krystle Robinson can be reached at [email protected].