at 9:25 p.m.

We spent all day with Blair. He is doing better, but his nurses and doctors are still watching him very carefully during this post-operative period. His blood pressure is much better than it was this morning. He is still on the ventilator, but we are hoping he might try to get off of it tomorrow. That will, of course, depend on how he does tonight. We also hope that they will take his chest tube out tomorrow.

He opened his eyes a few times today and held his mommy and daddy's hands (or fingers) all day. We got to tell him (and his wonderful nurse, Lou) lots of stories about everything from how we met and got engaged to funny stories about all of his relatives. We are also telling him about all of the wonderful family and friends who are praying for him and already love him.

While he had a rough start to his day, he is still fighting so hard, and we both really feel like he was doing so much better by the end of the day. We cannot wait for him to meet everyone. Again, thank all of you for your continued prayers. Thanks and praise be to God for continuing to watch over and protect our sweet baby boy Blair.

Mom & Dad