Slow and Steady

The past 24 hours have been mostly uneventful. The good news is that Austin is continuing to do well overall. They removed his A-line, his peripheral IV and his foley catheter. He still has a central line and of course the ventilator tube. It is much easier to hold him now that he is not connected to quite so much. His sedation has been turned down so he is more awake which is good and bad. It is so amazing to see his eyes open and looking around, I even read him a book while holding him this morning. The bad part is that he is also more aware of the breathing tube and he hates it. He is coughing more so we are just suctioning as often as we can to keep him as comfortable as possible. The next step is to start weaning the ventilator so please pray that as they turn down the amount of oxygen he is receiving that is O2 sats will remain in the mid 90's. We are going to give him a little bath later and will be sure to take pictures.