We are watching and waiting today to find out if Elijah will be able to go down to the OR. As far as I've heard, the OR is likely booked today and they would probably rather take him tomorrow. However, our doctor up here is pushing as hard as he can to get them to fit Elijah in today. So we really have no idea if he will go down today or what time it would be. But we really want him to go down today!
If he gets to go down to the OR, the ENT's are going to stick a scope down his throat and really get a good look at everything that's going on down there. Then they will decide whether it is safe to extubate him and if so, they will do that in the OR. So it will be a much more controlled environment and we won't have the problems we had on Friday.
So we just ask for your prayers today, first that Elijah will get taken to the OR today, that they will get a good look at everything and find some answers for us, and that it will be safe to extubate and the entire procedure will go fantastic! And then after all that, please pray that he will heal quickly and not have any more complications!
Another thing you can pray for is peace for Elijah. We've had to request extra sedation because he's been having a really difficult time the last couple days. He's clearly sick of being sick and having all the tubes and being strapped to the bed. He's been crying a lot and that just irritates his throat even more so we would much rather he is just able to sleep through all of this right now. Since we don't have much longer to wait before they extubate (hopefully) we want to keep him calm a little bit longer.
OK, speaking of hopefully getting into the OR today... Our nurse just walked in and said that the OR called and said they will be here to bring him down in about an hour! Praise the Lord! We've learned since we've been here that hospital time doesn't always correlate with regular time, so an hour is just a rough estimate... But it is great that they plan on taking him!!!
Please pray today, it is a big day!!! I will update later to let everyone know how things went. Please pray!!!
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