Update

Today has been a little rough for sweet Ryker. We have hoped for & worked towards extubation all day, but sadly his fluid balance isn't quite what we would like it to be & his lungs are still too wet for a safe extubation. This time around its a little more scary to extubate. In the past we would 
extubate, do LOTS of chest PT (a form of Physical therapy for his lungs to help break up fluid) & hope & pray he could do it & if by chance he couldn't we would just reintubate. But this time around reintubating is not a
simple task! Intubating him in the first place was a terrifying moment that we were afraid we would loose him & I am not willing to take that risk again. So as of now we are upping his sedation to keep him comfortable & upping his diuretics in hopes of drying out his lungs enough to get him extubated by morning. Please keep my sweet boy in your thoughts & prayers! ~ Rachel

Such a beautiful boy!