Little Dreamer

James has made slow but steady progress in the last 24 hours. Big picture-wise, he's unchanged: fluid retention, low blood pressure, sedated and asleep. The pain meds keep his blood pressure too low, but easing those meds makes him agitated, so he's been somewhat at a standstill.

There have been lots of minor changes and improvements though: little by little, his numbers are improving, and each improvement allows a medication to change slightly, and then he improves a teeny bit more...

He also looks a bit less swollen today, but the big news, as usual, will be when the breathing tube comes out. It's still expected to come out tomorrow, which means breathing on his own. It also means stopping the sedation and letting him wake up.

The fun part is, even while semi-unconscious, and connected to a couple dozen different tubes and cables, and laden down with arm braces (so he doesn't pull those tubes and cables in his sleep), James is a mover. Last night, he went from parallel to perpendicular in his bed, bit by bit, shimmying his way across and down the bed.

As always, James determines his own directions, and we can't wait to see him conscious and tell him we love him - let's hope he's ready tomorrow!