Well, since I last posted, my hands have kind of been tied up - holding Ethan! I held him from 3:30 until 8:30. Yes, five straight hours, just trying to comfort him so that he can rest. They took him off the ventilator around 3pm and he has been breathing on his own since then. He is pretty hoarse from the irritation caused by the breathing tube. When he cries, you can't hear anything (how many times have I wished for that before, but I would love to hear a full blown cry right now).
Because of the breathing tube, he has a lot of mucus in his throat. They have been suctioning him and will be doing some breathing treatments to help loosen this up. He hasn't been able cough very much because he is still so sleepy. All this makes his breathing sound pretty bad and makes it looks like he is having a hard time breathing, but he really is breathing OK. Still hard to hear it though. He has been getting morphine about every 1 to 2 hours to help with the pain and so even though he opens his eyes every once in a while, he is pretty drugged and out of it. He still has a low fever.
The main thing for the first 24 hours is to keep him comfortable. Please pray that he would cough and that the breathing treatments would do there job. This could be a long night, after a long day. We do have a Ronald McDonald room tonight, so Brice and I can take turns sleeping so that one of us will always be with Ethan. He has gotten fiesty a few times, sitting up in his bed and trying to pull on all the many tubes coming out of his body.
God has brought us a long ways since 6 a.m. this morning.
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Hey you guys, been praying for you all day. You are on the top of the list for tomorrow too! Glad to hear that everything is going relatively well. Thanks for all of the udpdates, they are a blessing. If there is anytning we can do for you this week, don't hesitate to ask.
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