10:45pm - Ventilation tube removed!!!

Woo Hoooo! They were able to remove Cole's ventilation tube! And he pulled through it like a trouper - barely even fussing. It was nice to hear him make some noise - we haven't heard a peep out of him because the vent tube kept his vocal cords from functioning. He is now on a little oxygen by nasal cannula and seems to be doing well. The doctors do not seem to worried that he still has not opened his eyes. He continues to stir off and on between sleeping soundly. We are rotating his position every 2 hours. The poor guy is still so swollen, but you can clearly see that his head is a much more round shape that it was before. Hopefully he will continue on this path. We will post some pictures of him without his vent tube tomorrow - the battery died on our camera so we are charging it.