Take a deep Breath

Good morning

This morning we are working on taking him off the breathing tube. Over the night they have slowly decreases to drip of sedation medicine so that he is as awake as they can have him. They just came in and turned the ventilator down as low as it can go to see how he breathes of his own with the tube. So I am not sure how many more steps there are to taking the tube out but it sounds like we are on our way to getting that tube out. They are still saying that his heart is about the same. If there is any change it is not measurable at this time.

I just got done talking with the nurse and asking he why they are trying to take the tube out. She said that if they take the tube out and his heart gets worse then we will have to go to put it back in and go to transplant. If they take him off and he stays the same again most likely transplant. If they take him off and he gets better then it could be something he just keeps getting better. Most of the Doctors including the head transplant doctor have looked at everything and seem to think that we will most likely be heading to transplant. He is not on the list yet but taking the breathing tube out and seeing how his heart reacts is going to help them get him on the list if that is what we have to do.

Thank you for your thoughts and prays, it could be a tough day today and we need all the support we can.