February 9th, Morning

The doctors removed Trevin's breathing tube and took him off of the ventilator yesterday, which represents progress. However, Trevin's post-extubation progress didn't go as well as everyone hoped it would. In sum, he still has an extraordinary amount of junk in his lungs and throat and he's having to work very hard to breathe. As he works harder to breathe, he creates more and more secretions, which need to be suctioned out. The suctioning progress agitates him, causes him to breathe more rapidly, and puts him right back in the cycle.
It's good that he's coughing up the junk and getting it suctioned out, but Trevin is very miserable as he does it.

Trevin is still on a CPAP machine to help him breathe and to provide some oxygen, but fortunately there hasn't been any talk of re-intubating and putting him back on the ventilator. We're hopeful that that will remain the case today. Please keep Trevin in your prayers. We are specifically hoping and praying that the mucus and phlegm in his lungs and throat will clear out and that it will become easier for Trevin to breathe.