12/10. 12:00 pm

Ethan is doing well this morning.  He is in a sitting position (still paralyzed and comatose).  His eyes continue to heal, they are still taped shut. I have him listening to a performance car Netflix special.  I was hoping the engine revving on the show will rev his engine too. He is responding positively to the increase in lung pressure medication.  

Today will be another big day for him. One of his surgeons cam in today and told me that she weaned him off of Heparin, so that she can remove THREE of his four chest tubes (WHAT????)  Ethan is overachieving right now.  What a super surprise for today! It will be nice to head into the weekend with those tubes gone.

She came in already and removed them. 3 less tubes. Nice.  

It was mentioned that they want to wean him off the paralysis medication. I understand why, however, Ethan has proven they can NOT regulate his sedation well at all.  He is a force to be reckoned with. So I am a little hesitant until they can get this breathing tube out of him. Oh boy.  This is going to be a hectic afternoon and evening.

I am also told they are planning on removing his lung pressure swan (wire). Things are coming out of him instead of going in.  This is great progress.

His x-ray still showed a large amount of bloating in his belly.  OUCH!  He is focusing on other things right now.  It is the first time food has not been on the forefront of his brain.

There were a few less people at rounds this morning.  The ECMO team didn't come.  This is progress. WOW! I can see bigger baby steps day to day now.