November 14

Today Dean had his MRI. He did well during it. They couldn't do one of the dyes they wanted due to one of the medications he's on, but that was ok. I made sure to get the full story about the breathing tube today. Dean is getting forced breaths and they did get him to the minimum that they wean them to (so he's taking most of the breaths himself). They need to put him in a mode that makes him take every breath himself and he needs to be on that for awhile (all depends on how things go) before they take the tube out. So, they are just making sure that he doesn't need the machine before getting rid of it. So, hopefully it comes out tomorrow. We did learn from the MRI that his ejection factor (amount of flow out from the heart) was at 6% when he arrived and was around 26% today. So he has made very good progress. The nurse said that around 60% was normal. Last night we bought Dean a stuffed lion and I put it in his little crib box thingy. :) it's super soft. We felt like we needed to start bringing something cause he doesn't have anything in there except some things that were donated (a blanket, a teddy bear, and a hat).