Again, sorry for the wait for an update. Andrew has been steady through the night and morning. He decided to control his own heart rate about mid-morning. His rhythm is still irregular, but his body is okay with that as his other vitals have remained stable. They do expect his rhythm to get back to regular within a couple weeks. He is trying to wake up, which is not bad, but they are keeping him asleep a little longer. They were getting all his IV medications changed over to his new PICC line so they can take out the direct artery lines soon. Two of his chest tubes will also come out today. He will keep the ones in the pleural spaces for now because he has had some effusions, but this was not a suprise. He does need to wake up a little to take out the breathing tube.
All of this is moving in the right direction, but it will be difficult on Andrew. He shouldn't remember any of this, but it doesn't mean it's not difficult now. Steve and/or I will be with him pretty much all the time now to support him. It is also difficult for us, but we are gearing up to to be there for Andrew. Thank you all so much for your continued prayers. We are literally living off of them right now and looking forward with hope. We will do our best to keep updates regular, but obviously that will take a back seat to meeting Andrew's needs and trying to keep each other in line with rest, food, hydration and so on.
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