Good Morning,
Sorry it has taken so long to get an update on here this morning. There were some bumps in the road last night and we had to wait and speak with all the doctors this morning. OK , so they took him off his pain medication and relaxing medication last night and started giving him something for pain by mouth only. Yes, this is a good thing that they are getting him off stuff but his heart rate did some crazy things and they had to put him on a pace maker for a very short period of time. The nurse freaked us out this morning when we got here because she acted like this was a serious problem and the doctors would address it with us. That was not the case. After the doctors came in , including Doctor Knott-Craig, we were told that Ethan is great and that it is totally normal for them to have little hiccups like that. Ethan's heart rate is and has always been great so you can only imagine our shock plus we called early this morning to check on him and the nurse with him last night said he was great and didn't mention any problems. Anyway, things are good now and he is eating like a champ. I got to feed him this morning so that is another reason it has taken so long to get this update. He is resting right now and they are winging him off the oxygen slowly. Chest tubes will be coming out today!!! That is great!!! Doctor Knott-Craig wants me to be able to hold Ethan by lunch or a little after. We are so excited. Usually Doctor Knott-Craig will come in after he finishes up with surgery so it could be later on this afternoon but sometime today I will get to hold him. We just keep praying that all will stay well and either late this evening or tomorrow sometime we will be moved out of the CICU and into the step-down unit. Just pray and I know you all with. Thanks for everything. All of you will never understand just how much we appreciate EVERYTHING you do. Thank you!

Please forgive me for any errors. .I try to proof read everything before posting but I'm staying in Ethan's room right now so docs and nurses are in and out all the time. Plus Haley , you're not here and I miss you!!!!