Good Morning Sunshine!

Fasting works. Today Matthew woke up. I can't even believe how quickly this fast worked. His lines are also yeast free, and we're hoping they stay that way. T's not happy about being awake because he's in a lot of pain, but this is progress. Another great thing is that his spinal fluid levels are almost back to normal. Today they pushed Matthew's feeding tube deeper into his stomach to try to get his bowels to start working again, and moved his breathing tube from the right side of his mouth to the left. They hadn't moved the tube since they put it in, so his mouth has a sore where it was sitting. The tube was completely stuck to his mouth with blood, so they had to soak it off. The respiratory therapist he had today said the previous respiratory therapists should have been moving that tube from one side to the other every day, so my parents are kind of frustrated about that. The doctors are hoping to have his breathing tube completely out on Tuesday though! I think he'll be able to move from the ICU to the cancer floor shortly after the tube comes out. This is going to be a great week of progress. I can't wait for all of the good things to come.

He doesn't look too great, but he will soon!

Feeding tube in his stomach: