As of 3:30 pm today Nicholas was placed on CPAP settings. The way his nurse described it was that Nicholas is not getting any assisted breaths unless the alarm goes off and then he will get a breath to help him. When I say the alarm goes off all that means is that he has skipped a breath and not that he's stopped breathing all together. So basically he's doing all of the beathing on his own minus the oxygen and pressure settings (which are pretty low-29% and 6). The only catch is that they didn't take the tube out of his throat because this is a trial and they don't want to aggravate his throat by taking the tube in and out over and over. They were not able to say how long it will be before they take the tube out if he does well.
As posted before it will all depend on how well he does on this as to what the next step will be. If Nicholas lasts a couple of days and tires out they will probably just let him rest for a few days and try again. If the reason why he isn't able to stay on CPAP is lung related they will probably use some sort of steroid. Just as it has been in the last 56 days we have to wait and see.
The nurses and doctors have all said in the last couple of days his breathing sounds much better. They can hear the air moving in and out using the stethescope. Nicholas has also been very active the last few days and that is a good indication that he feels well. I hope in the very near future to show you a picture of Nicholas without a tube in his throat from any ventilator.
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