Baby Steps

The family met with the physicians again this morning, and received a clearer vision of TJ's condition. First the highlights:

*His temperature continues to trend in the right direction, from 103 a few days ago to under 100 today (temp is being assisted by occasional use of the cooling blanket)
*His blood pressure is more stable today than in past days
*They are continuing his current antibiotic regiment
*In the doctor's words "There has been a significant move in the right direction".

TJ is making baby steps in the right direction, however it was made clear that he is still critically ill. His chest x-ray shows no major change from the past few days, he still has significant infiltrate throughout his lungs, and he is still breathing with considerable assistance from a ventilator. The physicians described his recovery process as very lengthy (months vs. weeks).

It was communicated to the family that the next 24 hours will be a critical junction in the direction that TJ's caregivers will take - a decision will need to be made regarding his breathing assistance; will he be able to be successfully weaned off the ventilator, or will he need his current ventilator to be replaced with a tracheostomy?

Please pray with the family that as he is slowly weaned from the ventilator, he will be able to breath and will be able to cough up the crud that he needs to cough up, without any need of reinserting the ventilator. Pray for vigilance for TJ's caregivers as they make this critical decision. Pray also, that there will be very clear evidence of God's healing throughout this process.

Thank you for continued prayer for TJ! We will continue to update as we get further information.