My mom decided to spend the night with Chance tonight. After dinner, we went back over to the room and they said that he needs to go three hours of breathing on his own until they will take out the ventilator. They started the clock at 7:15 and we had our fingers crossed. Around 10:30 they started getting things together and talking about what they were going to do. Mom and I chose to leave the room while they took it out. The nurse came to get us around 10:50 and said that Chance did wonderfully-what else would you expect? The tube came out without any problems and he said Mommy...

Since he isn't sedated any longer and is off the ventilator, chances are, he'll be awake a lot more. It was best for mom to stay with him so that he knows he isn't alone. We've got some pictures of him without that nasty tube-they'll be up tomorrow morning. Hopefully, all goes well tonight. Since I don't have any pictures of Chance, I'll leave you with a quote that I find fits perfectly with Chance. Throughout his entire life, he has surprised us and done so many things we thought he never could. I definitely know that he won't stop now.

--Dee