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Praise Jesus and thank you for all your prayers. Carson had a wonderful 3 hours on CPAP. His carbon dioxide was 51 after 3 hours, which was better than it had been with the last gas on his ventilator. We are ecstatic. The great part was when they turned him onto CPAP, all he got was his the PEEP (peak end expiratory pressure) and oxygen. The doctor actually wanted him to still get his pressure of 6 PEEP plus while on the CPAP but there was a miscommunication. So Carson did even better than expected. Even though he did so well, they do not want to rush him and will not trial CPAP again until Friday morning from midnight to 6 am. Then they will get another blood gas and see how he does. According to the neonatologists, dropping the last 2 of the rate can be harder for the patient to handle. Today, they dropped his PEEP plus to 4 and he continues on a rate of 2. 

They discontinued his potassium and will be reducing his sodium he gets in his feeds, because his levels are normalizing. 

Still no word on Kellen and when his surgery might be. 

Keep up the amazing prayers...Friday will be another big day for Carson.