9:30pm: In the nine months that Reid has graced us with his presence, we have never seen Reid fight harder than he has today. This morning was the lowest of all lows and thought the worst may be upon us. This morning, he was put on the maximum ventilating support possible. The room was quiet and absent of doctors and therapists - just Reid, mom, dad, grandma and grandpa Elley and lots of prayers. It was the first time that we had witnessed a critical situation like today and have little to no medical staff around to give us the peace of being alone with our little loved one. The machines had to do their work and if they failed, there was no backup plan to go to.

Reid, over a period of very stressful ups and downs, decided that he wanted to turn the corner and not look back. When Kristen blogged at 11am this morning, Reid was heading in one direction and has somehow managed to come down to 44% oxygen (satt'ing 98 to 100) and has had beautiful blood gasses. At a level below 50% O2, they are now able to start weaning some of the other support and so far, has done an awesome job.

Today, outside of the oxygen and pressure support changes, they have resumed feeds, started a few new drugs/steroids, got an arterial line in his left leg and a central line in his femoral artery in his right leg/groin. He definitely has things connected to him and has been poked more times than we care to think - but if this is what it takes, this is what we will do.

I sign off tonight being emotionally drained, physically exhausted (7 hrs of sleep since Saturday morning) and the proudest daddy in the whole wide world. We have witnessed first-hand all of the prayers that are being sent this way and are floored by the large support group that we have seemed to band over the past 9 months. It is an honor to have each and everyone of you in our lives!

11:03am: I don't want to jinx us but for the past hour Reid has consistently been sat'ing in the high 90s. The respiratory therapists have weaned twice on some pressures and Reid is apparently liking it. Go baby! Go!

7:40am: We have been here with Reid since 1:30 this morning. He is in very critical condition. We had him baptized and now we simply ask that you pray for his lungs to open up. His upper lobes are closed and he is not oxygenating well at all. He's on the max settings of everything and his sats are ranging from mid 70s to low 90s. Soon some of the settings will have to be weaned for fear of popping a hole in one of his lungs.

We've come so far and Chad and I keep second guessing ourselves with regards to his latest surgery. Hard to believe that just a week ago I was holding and playing with my happy, smiling baby boy. He's fighting so hard--please pray that he can hold on and that his lungs open up.