Tommy Pierro Update Sunday, September 6

His oxygen is back down to 50% today but his Peep is still at 10. The nurse said that once his O2 goes down to at least 40 they will start weaning his peep down. So stil may be a couple of days until they can try again the take out the tube. The nurse said today is a good day though. He has been sustaining his O2 when they move him and put him on a new sedation-Propothol which he is alot calmer on and is helping him all around. We believe that God is meeting with him during this time and sharing His heart with Him. We are praying that this is just God's will for him to heal while asleep and once he wakes up it will be a quick recovery and not longer because of the longer time on the respirator. It's hard though because his family will be leaving this Wednesday. We thought he would've been awake and off the tube for almost a week before they left and they would've been able to spend time together. But that is not the way God is orchestrating it.
We were so blessed this morning visiting a church out here that Pastor Todd hooked us up with. We are on their prayer list and the music and main pastor have visited and prayed with us and him a couple of times as well as some of the elders too. We loved the church! They have such a sweet spirit about them and we were very ministered to this morning and feel refreshed in the Lord! Praise God for the family of Christ! I also have a friends family that me and Tommy stayed with before the surgery. I will stay with them still. They have become like family to me so even after his family leaves I will not be alone out here while he's in the hospital. And ultimately God is with us and I love Him more than anything!! :-)

September 6 Part 2-
Today was a great day! As I said his oxygen was down to 50% and while we were there they were able to move his Peep down to 6!!! Praise God!!!!!!!!!!!!! He has been sustaining his oxygen too while they move him and things like that. He was a lot calmer today on the new sedation. It's so funny because they have him on this one sedation called versed I think. And the nurse told me that when she saw the amount of it he was on she couldn't believe that he still keeps waking up. She has never had a patient who woke up that much on that much versed. I think his will is so strong he just doesn't want to fall asleep. Especially when we, as his family are there, he keeps trying to communicate with us. He has been so much more awake lately, opening his eyes at the slightest sound. He's been able to point to a clipboard with letters on it to try to communicate. He usually just wants to have his mouth swabbed out because it's so dry or to be moved up and down. But once he knows we are there he can't just lay there he has to try and hang out with us even though we keep telling him he has to sleep. Sal was abel to tell him about Yankee updates and he looked interested. He also smiled once or twice. A nurse that was helping out told him she liked his hair and he smiled. I told her he does it on his own. He was so cute. Also, while the music we have always playing in the background was on, it looked like he was actually tapping to the beat. He was tapping his foot and drumming with his hands. I said "I think he's drumming to the song" It was really funny. So anyway, I was so happy and refreshed today from this morning at church and then all of the good news of the day. So I am just PRAYING that his levels stay down and do not creep back up!! The doctor came in and was so excited himself and said we could maybe try again tomorrow to take out the tube if it goes down even more, if not hopefully Tuesday. It would be wonderful if it happened tomorrow because then Heather and Sal will be able to spend time with him awake before they leave on Tuesday. So we will see! God knows! :-)
~Naomi

Tommy Pierro Update Sunday, September 6