We are Encouraged

This morning we have been met with encouraging news as soon as we arrived at the hospital. They said that he did well overnight and that they have been weaning his oxygen on the oscillator. He is now down to 75% oxygen and his pressures are all the same. The great news is that he is tolerating the lower settings and his oxygen saturation is still in the 90's. We are encouraged but cautious since he still has a long way to go and many issues. The surgeon said he had a significant amount of fluid in his left lung and the team was going to discuss what they should do. Since he is stable they really don't want to mess with it but if it is impeding his progress then maybe they will think about doing a procedure to remove it. They are also trying to move all medication over to oral so that they can remove the arterial line. The longer the line is in the more there is an increase for infection. We just pray that he continues on this track because if he doesn't the doctor just came by and told us that they are going to have to do something riskier. The issue is that when he is on the ventilator or oscillator his body tries to fight back from all the pounding by setting up a defense that could potentially cause a huge setback. We are in a race to get his body better before his body starts to fight back. It is difficult to understand much of this but we do our best and try to let you know the best we can. We just pray that he has a good day today and that we never have to try any of the riskier procedures. Thanks for all the prayers and to all that have given blood.