Still in ICU

Right now Remington is doing very well. Not a lot has changed since our last post. Remi is no longer getting a continuous drip of pain medication. He has to push the button for his PCA pump to get his pain medication. The are trying to keep him as awake as possible so he can trigger the breathing instead of letting the machine do all of the work. It is a real balancing act. Keep the pain under control without putting him so deep that he forgets to breathe. The plan is changing on a daily basis, but right now they are planning on taking the tube out sometime tomorrow. This depends on how well he does this evening and the results of his chest swab. They took a sample of fluid from his lungs to check for infection this morning. Remi is resting as comfortably as he could be all things considered. We will post again when we have more news. Thank you.