Just a QUICK update to let you all know that the xrays from this morning looked good and they have weaned him back off the respirator. He is sleeping right now, but when he wakes up, they want to extubate him! Yeah! Please pray that it goes well and that we don’t have to intubate him again!
I have become pretty good at reading lips, but if I can’t figure something out, it’s even more frustrating for him because now he’s used to me knowing what he’s trying to say. I think we’re both ready to get past that frustration. Once Lacey figured out that Eli was trying to get us to turn on the TV in the room so he could watch cartoons, things have been a lot more peaceful. 🙂
I think the nurses are on the edges of their seats to hear him talk. Although, it’s been clear a few times that he has been telling them to go away. 🙂 They think he’s pretty cute anyway. The chest tube came out yesterday, I don’t know if I mentioned that before or not. So one tube at a time we’re getting our little man back! Not sure when we’ll get to leave this PICU and head back to Sloan, but hopefully relatively soon!
I’ll check back in later to let everyone know how it went…