Saturday Update

I spent the morning with Dad. He was awake and alert. The respiratory therapist stated the x-rays of his lungs were night and day different from yesterday. They are turning his oxygen down and working to wean him off the ventilator. They have also completed 2 of the 4 antibiotics he is on.

He is still very hot - the ventilator blows warms air into his lungs and he is just burning up. So, as cold as it was yesterday and as chilly as it was this morning, we had the window open and an ice pack on his head.

Dad asked for the TV to be turned on today and was listening to the Baylor/OSU game as I left.

Again - baby steps, but he is showing signs of improvement.

And, Titus is set and cleared for surgery on Monday morning. We have to be there at 6am on Monday morning. I anticipate they will probably take him back around 7am. Once he is sedated, the surgery will take about 2 hours. As we have grown accustom to, intubating Titus for surgery has gotten easier. It's the extubating him after the surgery that generally takes awhile. Please pray for his lungs/breathing after surgery. Fixing the cleft palate should improve his breathing after everything has healed, but it's his breathing after surgery that we are most concerned about. There are numerous issues they have made us aware of after surgery that we have to be prepared for. And we know, they have to tell us the worst along with preparing us for the best. They anticipate Titus will be in the PICU for 2 nights. We do feel a comfort level at the PICU since we know the doctors and nurses there, but even so, we are praying for a short hospital stay.

Thanks for the prayers - I'll update on Monday after surgery.