Refuse to Lose

Perhaps Anders will be a bit like the 1995 Seattle Mariners and refuse to lose. The '95 M's basically couldn't lose for the last 2 months of the season in order to catch the CA Angels and save baseball in the Pacific NW. Thanks to their good play and an Angels collapse, they did so.
I'm not going to say Anders is a Ken Griffey, Jr. or a Randy Johnson (thankfully) or even an Edgar Martinez, but he refused to be reintubated! He isn't even on cpap. He's on high flow nose cannula. His breathing has been excellent today. His gases are good. He still goes below 85% on his oxygen rate pretty frequently, but he doesn't crash as frequently as yesterday and he usually self-corrects quite quickly.
They are checking for infection so he had a battery of tests and they started him on antibiotics. Owing to all the tests, he hasn't slept much today so we didn't hold him. Chances are that he doesn't have an infection since his temperature is high, while babies with infections have low temperatures. It might just be that breathing on his own or the heat of the cannula (which, I guess, are hotter than other implements) has raised his temperature.
His skin looks a lot better today as well. It's fleshier in color, not purple at all. Speaking of purple, Anders loves his Purple Pride Pacifier. I think they are selling them with gold #4s on them out at the Mall of America!
The unexpected Anders Peterson left us guess yet again, but this time in a good way. Thanks Anders!