Eyes Open

When we arrived at the hospital today, they had just turned off Andrew's paralytic drip. Within a half hour, he was wide awake, looking at us, and moving all his extremities. Though he was groggy for the first few minutes with his eyes open, he didn't get upset enough to cause himself any problems. He was very cute and well-behaved the entire time we were there, and that has continued since we left. D bought him a new NICU-approved mobile (all plastic, no fabric), and he seems to be enjoying it so far.

His blood gases have all been good so far, and they've been able to wean further on his ventilator settings. They're going to take it slow, alternately turning down his rate (breaths per minute) and pressures after each gas (six hours apart).

We have a meeting with the doctor tomorrow. I don't expect much new information, but we'll at least get the plan straight.