5:25pm: The reading on the ECHO came back and there was nothing notable worth mentioning. From what we understand, his pulmonary hypertension has been ruled out as a culprit for his elevated oxygen requirements over the past few days. Good news.

11:15am: Reid already had his ECHO this morning and we don't know the results as of yet. The nurse did mention that it seemed to be a fairly routine procedure and it was not discussed in rounds. So, I guess the waiting game begins...

His CO2 this morning was 67.4, so it has come down a little bit as well. Doctors are still comfortable keeping Reid on 6 liter flow if he can manage to keep his O2 requirement steady. Still on 65%.

8:45am: Reid's O2 is down to 65% this morning - so it is a little sigh of relief to have made a change in the right direction. Last night, they started giving nebulizer treatments instead of his measured dose inhaler puffs. The nebulizer fits in line with his tubes that run to his nose so this should cause him less stress as he probably won't even know he is getting it. The inhaler's were a little stressful as they used a AeroChamber device/mask to administer and little Reid doesn't care too much for this to be over his face.

The new drug they are using in the nebulizer has a side effect of a high heart rate. I don't think it is anything too alarming, but will take him a little bit of time to get adjusted to. This morning while he was asleep, his heart rate was about 180. His normal sleep is about 140 and a deep sleep is about 120.

Not much else to report this morning. We are hoping that he continues to head in the right direction and will visit him later on this evening.