6pm

We thought he would have been off the vent by now, but no such luck. The nurses, however, don't seem surprised.

The sedation is now off, but they are still giving him a lot of pain medications. Mom got him to respond for a little bit about 3:30, after telling him, several times, that it was time to wake up. :) But then he started getting agitated, probably because of the tube? so we let the nurses calm him down. Lydia said they were in there again a few minutes ago and he responded more quickly, but it was still similar (with the agitation).

The nurses said they are letting him rest and "letting the fog clear." HE is doing find without the sedation and he is breathing fine without much support from the vent. They will just take the tube out whenever he is ready.

Labs are fine and they don't seem to have any specific concerns. They keep telling us that this is all normal.