The weekend was pretty uneventful for our little Jacob. He has been weaned off of just about all but a sedation drug and had a steady weekend. We haven't been able yet to take him off the ventilator yet, he still has had some stuff in his lungs (that we would normally cough up, but he can't with a ventilator) that has kept them from taking it out (we are being extra cautious so we don't have to go through it all again). Otherwise, he is doing awesome. His heart function looks great and everything else is pretty much going as it should. The ventilator is a big hurdle though, and we are definitely hoping that it can come out tomorrow so he can get another step closer to coming home.
Once he comes of the ventilator, he'll go to the NCPAP machine so that he'll still have plenty of help to make sure he is successful. They'll work to wean him off of that so that he can go to oxygen through is nose and then we'll be able to feed him. Each day is a new day, and a step closer to being able to hold him again! Soon enough, he'll be there, we just have to let things go at his pace!
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