August 22, Day +8 9:30pm

Im sorry its been a few days since I have updated, but its been a very rough week to say the least!!!!
Its Saturday night & Tucker is doing much better, however his mommy & daddy are exhausted. The last 5 days seem like it was just 1 long day. So to update, Tucker was on the ventilator all day Monday & Tuesday, then Tuesday night they decided he was ready to come off of it. At 2am they took the breathing tube out & Tucker was having a really rough time breathing. He had alot of flem & mucas that he was unable to clear himself & he kept choking, so by 5am they had to put the tube back in. It is such a heartbreaking thing to not be able to help your child & see them in so much pain & discomfort. On Wednesday Keighly(Tuckers big sister), & Aunt Helen came to visit Tucker. It was very hard for Keighly to see her brother with all the tubes & wires. On Thursday Tucker still had the tube in but was breathing over the vent & by the afternoon the drs felt he was ready again for the tube to come out, so at 3pm they removed it again. It was very stressful couple of hours, but he did great, he was definately ready this time. Shawn & I stayed up all night holding him Thursday night & by Friday morning he was almost back to himself. He is doing fantastic now & they have weened him of the many, many additional meds they had to put him on to get him thru those few days he was on the vent. We had a pretty relaxing day with Tucker today. He is doing fantastic!! Hes back to smiling, & looking all around, all the extra fluid he was retaining is gone & we are ready to go back down to the regular transplant floor.
Thank you to everyone who is praying, we are comforted knowing there are so many people who care about Tucker & family. It is very difficult being away from home & family for so long, but we just have to remind ourselves that it really is a short time to save Tuckers life, & hopefully in a few months this will just be a memory.