What a Difference a Day Makes

When we got to Carter's bed today, we noticed that it was very quiet and after peeking around the screen, realized that he was OFF THE JET!!! Yes, that's right as of 1:00 pm, he's only on the conventional vent. For all the ground that was lost this weekend, he more than made up for it today. By the time we left the hospital around 5:30 he was doing so well, they were making progress weaning off the conventional vent! The last chest xray showed a well-inflated left lung that was actually compressing the bowels and stomach down.

We know what the next question is, and no, we don't know about surgery yet. We're just enjoying this huge step in the right direction and we'll get to surgery eventually. The great thing about the progress he's made is that they will have "wiggle room" to give him lots of support after surgery when he's really sick again.

Although we want to dance in the hallways, we're trying to remain cautiously optimistic because he still has so many more hurdles to jump, but we're so thankful for the progress he's made today.

Because he joined the cool kids off the jet vent, he got a new pair of cool shades!

Notice the jet vent turned off in the center of the pic :)