Daily Status UpDade - Friday, 8/22/14

First thing's first: thank you, Almighty God for your healing touch and for your unending, unconditional love.  Thank you for the incredible doctors, nurses, and practitioners that are caring for Dade as if he were their own, and for the skills with which you have blessed them.  Secondly, thanks to all of you for your prayers on Dade's behalf!  While we are still far from out of the woods, we have nothing but praises for today!

As I'm writing this, Dade is approximately 28 1/2 hours off of ECMO, and about 8 hours from having his cannulas removed.  He's doing great!  His blood gasses have bounced around a bit, but everything seems to be settling down, and it hasn't been anything unexpected.  The little guy is a chunker today. He has some fluid to rid himself of after coming off the ECMO machine, but he'll get it done!  Again, I have no illusions that we don't have some rocky spots still to cross ahead of us, but I think I just may get some sleep tonight.  With life post-ECMO comes a new set of challenges, goals, and obstacles, but we'll celebrate a little now, and face those head-on as we get to them. Tara and I are so proud of Dade and how he's kicked some tail the last few days, and are elated to have him off ECMO and doing so well!

We love you all and thank you from the bottoms of our hearts for your continued prayer and support!