Hello All-

Thank you for all your prayers. These two days have been incredible for Dave and his progress. Yesterday, Dave got put on pressure support and turn down to 40 on the ventilator. He was doing so well that they said he would have gotten him off then, but it was too late in the day. So this morning they took Dave off of his sedatives and decided that they would take the breathing tube out. About 11am Dave came off the ventilator, but the breathing mask they had for was working for him and they thought they were going to have to put in back on the ventilator. However, they tried another breathing mask and with a little coaching from the team (Dave parents and me) we were able to get him to stick with the mask. It will take Dave a couple days to come off all his sedatives that he is on. He keeps going in and out with sleeping. He has tried to talk, but we are not sure what he is saying. I know that he doesn't like this mask from the time they tried it before he went on the ventilator. So we just have to keep praying and hoping that as his when his sedatibes ware off that he will be able to use his lungs better and wouldn't have to go back on the ventilator. One of his doctors did say that Dave has turn around 180 degrees from where he was in the beginning (these doctors don't give compliments out too much so that is wonderful). Again please keep us in your prayers there is a lot that has to happen before we are out of the woods, but we are taking great steps in the right directions.

Meghan