Evening report

They were able to put in an arterial line today. They went through the artery near his groin. This will make administering medications easier and if they need to draw blood, they can go through there rather than have to poke him again each time. 

His respirations are being controlled by the machine at about 35/min right now. That is better than it has looked all week. 

So thankful for the baby steps. 

This morning's x-rays showed no improvement since yesterday. But nothing was worse either. As of right now, they said he isn't getting better, but he isn't getting worse either. 

They want to continue to let him rest as see how he does. If he seems to be holding his own with breathing, they will wean him off of the ventilator back onto a high-flow oxygen. 

Once again, thank you for your continues love, support and most of all - your prayers!!! They mean so much to us!!

This blog has been up for around 48 hours now and has over 4,000 hits from 10 different countries. It is so humbling to have so many people praying for our sweet Benjamin!

He peeked open his eyes at mommy and daddy this evening for the first time since Friday.