Riley Day 16

This morning we took Connor on the People Mover train that goes between the three hospitals here. He loved riding on it. There was a motorcycle ride for the Children's Hospital going on today and we got to watch tons of bikes drive by. Connor thought they were cool but some were loud. It was neat to see how many people were riding to raise money for the hospital.

Big News! The ventilator is out! Tyler has been awake almost all afternoon. They took his ventilator out at 5:30pm and we were able to hold him about an hour later. We are so excited. He is still on oxygen, but he is doing the breathing. A few hours after the tube came out, he started struggling a bit, so he had to have an Xray. It looks like one of his lungs isn't fully inflating, so he is having a breathing treatment and going back on one of his medications. This happens a lot after getting the tube out because babies aren't used to having to do all the work. They are watching him more closely and expect that he will work it out without having to be re-intubated.