Quick update. Just before we went to take lunch, they let me watch as they replaced the tape around his respirator tube and took out one of the drainage tubes. First time I saw his face without tape on it since before surgery. He looks great. They removed one of the drainage tubes from his chest, which is great. It means most of the fluids are out from inside his body. He still has a drainage tube in, on the right side.
The good news for today is that the baby is on half the respirator and half his own breathing. He is doing about 15-22 reps per minute and the respirator is giving him between 15 and 25 reps per minute. I'm excited about this, it means he's closer to breathing on his own completely. He is currently on 0.5mg/hr of both morphine and Dormicum. (Until now it was 1mg/hr). Dormicum is the drug they use to sedate him. Cutting it down means slowly waking him up.
I doubt they will remove the respirator today. My guess is tomorrow, assuming the rest of the day and the night passes without incident.
Small edit: the respirator is giving him 12 breaths per minute. Then sometimes he adds anywhere from 1-10 more breaths, making it a 15-22 total respiratory rate. Less when he's sleeping, jumps up when the nurses bother him.
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