I realize it's only been five hours since my last post, but everything has changed. They've been waiting on a new part to replace his G-tube with a GJ-tube...that's now scheduled to come in tomorrow morning. In order to insert the new tube, they'll have to anesthetize him, which would mean reintubation. Obviously that's something they want to avoid after he's been extubated, so they've delayed the entire process by at least a day.
The plan is now even more volatile than before (if that's possible), but the idea will be to do the tube replacement as soon as they receive it tomorrow, then get him back to normal settings on the ventilator. They usually try to go pretty slowly from full vent support to minimal settings, so the extubation likely won't happen until Thursday at the earliest. Depending on how well it works and whether there are any complications, that could speed up or slow down the process further.
Updates as we hear them....
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