One Week Old

Archer made the nurses earn their pay today; he was calling them near the incubator every few minutes to turn his oxygen levels up or down. He is currently around 45% oxygen, and the nurses are trying to wean him down to a lower percentage so he can soon move back to the ventilator.
The doctor said that the second chest tube seemed to be working well. He had pulled out 8 ml of air from his chest (which apparently is a lot), and there did not seem to be any air reentering his chest. The first tube could have been blocked by a few drops of blood. It will be a few days before the chest tubes are pulled out.