Today they tried taking Cael off of the oxygen all together. It has been successful so far. They want his oxygen level to be above 91%, and even without wearing the oxygen, his oxygen level has been around 93-94%. Hopefully that will last through the night and continue being high.
They wanted to get him off the oxygen before the transplant, but weren't sure if they would be able to. It looks like that mig be a possibility now. I think that also means his lungs are clearing up a little bit. The reason his oxygen level was low was that he wasn't able to get as much oxygen in his lungs because they were so full of mucus from his infections. So if he is getting more oxygen I assume that means there isn't so much infection in there getting in the way.
He has another CT scan on Tuesday, so we will see for sure if he is getting any better. They told us that the scans usually lag behind how he is really doing. So even if the scan still shows some infection, he could still be doing better. They just want to compare the one from 2 weeks ago to the one Tuesday to make sure it is at least getting better.
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