Keep your hands to yourself, little man.

Because Rafael had the night off, and because Maximilian is awesome, we, the parental duo decided to go visit the little guy sometime after midnight. When we got there, he was resting well and doing a fine job breathing and keeping his levels where they needed to be.  We changed him, we fed him and we basically just had a blast hanging out with the boy.  He was as low as 23% on his ventilator's oxygen settings.  Even when he was flailing around, trying to tear out his accursed tubes, or trying to do pushups and hand stands, his breathing was steady and his oxygen levels were staying where they needed to stay. He was doing so well, and showing off his energy levels, and showing off his ability to grab and pull things that the nurse decided that some mild sedation - to make him a bit less rambunctious -  would be necessary. We left the NICU tonight with Maximilian dozing peacefully with his hands restrained wonderfully in his blanket.