Day 2: On The Mend

Some pictures to look at! The first picture is from today post-ventilator - looking pretty good. The second picture is from yesterday.



9:00 - Good morning! Molly and I actually slept very well last night to our surprise. Luke did well last night also and is actually awake right now. They have taken him off the sedation drugs and will be taking out his chest tube and taking him off the ventilator within the next half hour or so. Luke has his eyes open and is moving his arms and legs quite a bit. He is also doing almost all of the breathing on his own at this point. We will update frequently again today!

10:30 - Luke's ventilator is off and he is breathing entirely on his own now! The doctors say that everything looks and sounds good and that he appears to be on his way to a full recovery. It sounds like he might spend one more night here in the ICU before we are moved to the third floor. Now the only thing keeping us from going home is Luke's blood pressure. They will watch that for the next couple of days and if it stabilizes and remains normal we will get to go home sometime next week!

11:45 - Luke just had his chest tube removed and he wasn't very happy about it, but he is back resting now. He is starting to get his voice back, but his little cry is still pretty weak. Everything is still going well though.

3:00 - Just added some pictures. Grandma and Grandpa Pedersen just delivered lunch and Grandma and Grandpa Thomas are coming a little later with dinner. While Luke might lose a little weight this week, Mom and Dad might be putting a few pounds on!

8:20 - Another day has come and gone...Molly got to hold Luke for a little while and give him a bottle. We had a little bit of a choking incident, but other than that everything is going great. We hope to be moved out of the ICU tomorrow morning and up to the third floor. We will let you know if Luke is ready for visitors sometime tomorrow. Good night!