Wesley James: Super Cute and Ventilator FREE!!!!!

So we can now see Wesley's face and hear him cry!!! It is so sweet. He is now on a trial run off the ventilator and on a c-pap. The c-pap still provides some pressure to fill his lungs and is currently giving him 20 "reminder" breaths per minute. He seems to be doing pretty well, but there is still the possibility he will have to go back on the ventilator. I hope and pray he is successful without the ventilator, only time will tell. He is very agitated and does not much care for the tubes in his nose. We can now hear him cry, however his cry is still very faint because his throat is swollen from being intubated so long. He is getting some extra steroids to help his swelling, others to help his lungs, then a lot of different breathing treatments. We have our care conference with the doctors tomorrow. Hopefully they are pleased with his progress and will have good things to tell us. He still has a long way to go, but I'm glad to see how far he has come over the last 4 1/2 months. Spending the last 2 days with him brought on a lot of new feelings. I feel more stressed because he seems so uncomfortable and was crying a lot. I want him to be happy, not spending his waking moments crying. On the other hand, I felt a huge relief while watching over him. He has spent the last 24+ hours breathing without the help of a ventilator. The c-pap is not breathing for him, it's just helping him with a little oxygen and pressure. He is doing it, really doing it. He is breathing!!! God has answered so many prayers. I feel that this is His way of telling me, "This is My gift to you, you're baby will be fine." And we do not know what the future has in store for him, but at least it is finally clear that he will have a future.

Here is the one full face picture we got after a breathing treatment, not a happy boy!!!