Update 11:30

Brycen is definitely a fighter. They have had to give him a slight bit of morphine because he's wanting to wake up a little too much. I just went back there to see him and his grip on our finger is getting stronger and stronger. As I leaned down to kiss him he opened his eye for about 3 seconds. I kissed him again and his lips make a smacking sound. It's moments like these that are keeping us marching on. Sometime this afternoon, they nurse practitioner will remove his chest tubes. I will update when we see him after that. Hopefully before too long he will look good enough that we can post some pictures. We have held off on that since we've been in CVICU because the tubes and wires are very hard to look at. It won't be long and he'll be looking great.