Still holding steady

He had another good night. He is down to 46% Oxygen from the vent, so slow and steady weaning, just like they said! They took his rate up a little bit over night, but he was doing more breathing on his own this morning, so it will likely drop again today. His blood gases showed the CO2 just a little on the high side with the O2 a little on the low side (but still in normal ranges) which is why they raised the rate and held on the oxygen weaning. He gets his blood gases checked at 6 and 12 (AM/PM) now, so they'll make a decision after that about the weaning process. Still haven't heard from surgery about his liver, but it is early yet. Maybe we'll have more to report later in the day.

The boys went home last night with the Wittmer Grandparents. I was sad to see them go, but they need to get back into a more "normal" routine - this has been an exhausting time for them too. They'll be back on Friday, so we'll look forward to that. My parents and brother left for North Carolina today too. Mom is hoping to get some stuff taken care of and maybe come back when Gabriel goes home (which feels so nice to say, even if we don't know when!) since he may go home on a ventilator or cpap or feeding tube. For those of you who don't know her, she was a NICU nurse/post-partum nurse/delivery room nurse, so she knows how to take care of a baby coming home with some extras. How nice to know we will have our own private nurse! Especially one who can cook ; )