Another Grandpa & Grandma Visit

Funny thing today...It appeared early on today that Matthew's Doctors had already decided that there was something wrong with the tissue in his right lung and wanted to get a CT Scan. They decided that, even though his numbers didn't look like he could handle it, they were going to begin aggressively weaning him off the ventilator today. They determined that once his oxygen levels started to drop as a result of the weaning they would be able to justify the CT Scan on his lung.

So they started weaning. They lowered the ventilator rate from 32 breaths per minute to 26, then 22, then 20, then 16. When we left there tonight his oxygen saturation level was a solid 77 (right where we want it) and his blood acid level had been reduced to where it should be. He was also breathing at a solid 40 breaths per minute which meant he was taking 24 of those completely on his own. He's not out of the woods yet and he still may have something wrong with that right lung, but man it was a good day today.