Today was definitely our best day yet! Elijah is continuing to get better. Today he was awake for long periods at a time and was able to make eye contact with us, still pretty hazy, but eye contact nonetheless. He would also follow us with his eyes and look at different things and try to reach for them. He could grab onto some things, but his arms are pretty weak, plus he is restrained a little so he doesn't grab his breathing tube. We mostly just stood by him and talked to him, we even read him a few books and he just watched the pages go by and listened and sometimes tried to reach for them.
The absolute best part of the day was when Elijah smiled at us. We were playing peek-a-boo with his blanket and he couldn't help but give us a big smile. It looked pretty silly with the tubes coming out of his nose and mouth, but it was still the most wonderful thing I've seen since we've been here. Plus he was starting to act more like himself, he waved at us a little bit, and rubbed his head, and pointed at things... It was so precious to see him being himself again.
He's completely off his long-term sedatives, right now he is just on temporary ones that will fade away quickly after they are stopped. They are also doing test-runs where they turn off part of the ventilator to see if he can take breaths on his own. So far he has done great with those tests. It is possible that they will be able to take him off the ventilator sometime tomorrow! We are trying not to get our hopes up though, so we are expecting that it will be out by Friday for sure (if everything continues to go well).
Again, we are just amazed by his progress. Our little guy is coming back! Your prayers have made all the difference, please keep them coming! I am staying in the hospital overnights from now on since he is waking up, so I better get going and try to get some sleep! I will update tomorrow, please keep praying! God is so good! Thank you so much!
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