It looks like they only got 9 ml out of both chest tubes COMBINED again today. That is two days in a row, so maybe we will start tube feeds soon...? I hope so! He had another good blood gas, but Neonatology hasn't rounded yet, so I don't know if he will wean. The respiratory therapist assumed he would at least wean on the rate. Gabriel is down to a rate of 28 right now. Last night I asked the therapist what different things they would wean him on and I understood some of it, but not all of it. She said after the rate gets down to 20 or less (essentially no support) they would start on the patient pressure support, which I think means the amount of assistance the ventilator give Gabriel with every breath he takes. They will also wean on the PIP, which stands for Peak Inspiratory Pressure, but I don't completely understand that one. I know intuitively what it should mean, but don't completely get it, got it? Me either. I think once they wean all of that, and if his O2 support stays low and he tolerates that, then we get to talk extubation!! When? Don't ask, I don't. OK, that is all I have for right now! I really hope I have more to report later today, or at least tomorrow.