Brody is doing pretty well again today. He still has the fever of around 100.5 and his CRP went up (C Reactive Protein indicates your body is fighting some sort of infection). He was started on the antibiotic Vancomycin and his blood was sent down for culture which could take 24 hours for results. They are lowering his ventilator rate from 18 to 14. He is off the schedule for surgery tomorrow . If he can begin to take some breaths on his own this week, hopefully by the weekend they can start some sprints on C-Pap. Basically what that does is allow him to breathe on his own for periods of time to build up his stamina before they pull the, tube. They are concerned about his stamina after being intubated for so long plus weakened by illness. He has lost a lot of weight. Depending on how things go, he may still need the traech early next week but they want to allow him to try. He is showing us he wants to try.