UPDATE

Today the ventillator tube was removed and everything was looking good for a few minutes--Jen was holding Parker and everything was staying stable. Then the airway started spasming and constricted again and they had to quickly intibate him again. Needless to say, it was pretty frightening for Jason and Jen.

Jason called his bishop who came immediately and brought the stake president with him. Jason was feeling that perhaps they are just prolonging the inevitable. And maybe all the things we've seen this week in a positive light, we've actually been interpreting incorrectly--maybe Parker is trying to tell us to take him off these machines and just let him go. The bishop and the stake president advised them that Parker will let them know what to do.

An ENT was called in and said that his vocal cords are swollen and for some reason the swelling has not reponded to the steroid treatments. The plan now is to continue to treat the swelling of the airway throughout the weekend and try again in a few days. Jason indicated to Mindy that all of his stats stayed stable up to the point when the airway constricted. Yesterday the doctors did a repeat echo and said his pulmonary pressure has stayed the same, which they said was a good sign.

It's all so hard to understand. Why has he made it this far only to come up against a new wall? I don't think any of us have any answers--only questions.