Good (but guarded) news! Tati went to visit Italia today. The doctor was able to take out his breathing tube and Italia is breathing on his own! What a wonderful praise and answer to prayer!! The doctor said though to know that he may not be able to maintain the independent breathing. If he does not, they can re-position a breathing tube, but at that point, they would most likely do atracheotomy. His skull injury has caused a lesion in the front part of his brain. This part of the brain controls behavior which is also controlling his breathing. It is also mixing up his nights and days where he is sleeping most of the days and is more awake at night (unfortunately when no one is visiting). He opens his eyes some but does not "track" but seems to react to family and friends/prayers and song. Another praise: the lung infection is completely controlled.
The doctor will continue watching the lesion for the next few days. We are not sure what they will do at that point. But we continue to pray for Italia to become more alert and start reacting to his environment. He is not out of the woods. But God is good and in control! Keep up the prayers, dear friends.
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