60% on the vent isn't horrible. I wonder if it was set higher and they have been able to come down on it. The swollen thing is just from his veins flooding from the high amount of IV fluids. If they are able to begin pulling off some of the sedation medicine that's a good sign! Keeping my fingers crossed for good test results!

Has anyone mentioned anything about how his chest xrays looks? No mention of strep pneumonia or ARDS?