More Progress...

Matthew is making so much progress I don't know where to begin.

He will hopefully be weaned off of his oxygen today (he's doing so well he's going straight from the hi flow nasal cannula to weaning and skipping the regular cannula) and have his arterial line removed which means Mom will get to hold him and feed maybe as soon as tonight. This also means he'll get to wear regular pajamas which is surprisingly very exciting to us right now. He's also moving out of his warming bed and into a regular crib. His heart rate has stayed where we want it and he hasn't need to be "paced" in a few days so he may come off the pacemaker soon. He's been weaned off all of his narcotics without too much trouble, he's had his diuretics reduced to one dose per day and they're starting to steer his medications to what he'll be on when we get to take him home.

This is all wonderful news and I'm probably leaving something out. What a blessing!

~ I almost forgot...the right lung is starting to clear up. His x-ray from this morning showed significant improvement compared to the x-ray from Wednesday. They still don't know what is causing the fluid build up.