Waiting to Extubate...

The Dr's have decided to wait another day to extubate Elijah. Everything looked good this morning and they turned down his ventilator to almost nothing, but they aren't confident with how he's doing. He's been breathing mostly on his own for the past couple hours but they are concerned with how he's "pulling" and straining for some breaths. They want to give him some more time to get rid of any excess fluids and be sure that his lungs are up for it when they do finally pull the tube.

Right now they are turning up his ventilator and sedating him again so he doesn't squirm so much. It's not what we were hoping for today and we're a bit bummed, but we are definitely willing to wait to reduce the chance of him having to go through re-intubation again. This is what's best for him and that's all that matters right now.

Please keep praying for him, for a good/calm rest of the day and night, and for a successful extubation tomorrow.

Thanks again for all your prayers and support.