The Sweetest Sound

Today was such an exciting day! Ramsey went from being irritable one minute, to being extubated and content minutes later. His cries are so sweet and soft, but louder than they expected them to be. When Dennis heard him for the first time, he said "Is that it?" Ramsey spent a little time awake, then rested most of the day. I'm sure the changes were tiring for him. The 24 hours following the extubation are the most critical. There's always a chance that he would need intubated again, but so far we are hopeful that it won't happen. Without the vent, we will be allowed to get him in and out of bed ourselves. I'm a bit nervous to do so, because he still has so many wires and tubes, but he is much easier to move and hold now. I'm sure after another day I'll be more comfortable with the task. I uploaded a video taken shortly after the extubation. It's so cute to see him breathing and he even sneezes at the end. He still has the ND tube in his nose for feeding and now he has a high-flow nasal canula in his nose too.