Breathing tube removal

The doctors were planning on removing James' breathing tube this weekend, but that didn't happen. Everything has been moving smooth and in the right direction this whole time, but this weekend he got aggravated a couple of times due to baths and lowered sedation so his pulse dropped too low to be comfortable and his oxygen levels got low. The heart team decided to connect him to a pacemaker to get his heart in a higher beat. We feel like this was a major step back, but the doctors and nurses assured us that it was normal after these major procedures. They also told us that some patients feel very uncomfortable when they lower the medicines and get distressed with the breathing tube. Their new plan was to get him quickly off the sedation and then remove the breathing tubes when he is fully awake. Finally this afternoon around 5 pm they removed his breathing tube. He has been breathing fine and has also started to suck on his pacifier. We are back on track and hoping that we won't have any major interruptions in James recovery.