March 11, 2008

Family/Friends -

Nate's 1st full day after surgery was tough. He is sedated, & still on a ventilator. His vitals are, for the most part, steadily improving. He had a brief setback after they pulled out his chest tube. Apparently it's very painful & this caused a spike in his pulse and blood pressure. The plan is to slowly get him off the ventilator--we hope by Thursday--then reduce/eliminate as many of the other medications as possible while keeping all his vitals in check.

Please keep praying for his recovery, and our sanity.

Erik & Trisha