Thursday Update

Well, we have great news!

Insurance has decided to approve Will's transfer flight to Vanderbilt!!! This could not have been possible without his attending cardiologist, Dr. Gosset at the University of Michigan. He simply would not take no for an answer!

The plan is for Will to leave this Tuesday, provided he remains stable and his heart echo checks out ok (this will be done tomorrow).

Doctors will continue his sprints until his departure, but they will not try to take him off the ventilator. The reason why is if they were to try and take the breathing tube out and he failed quickly like he did the last time, the Ear Nose & Throat doctors would want to immediately perform a tracheotomy in the OR. This of course would prolong his stay, which would be unnecessary considering Vandy docs are more than capable of handling it. Although, Vandy docs may come to a different conclusion, which is good because it allows us to get a second opinion.

I also want to say thank you to the Uncle Jay and Uncle Joe for setting up the William Blake Burns fund. I cannot even put into words how much your generosity means to us!