Today Massimo’s CPAP support has been turned down gradually during the day and he has been doing very well on it. The plan is to take him off CPAP tomorrow morning at 6 am and just keep him on some oxygen. At the moment he is on 30% oxygen, where 21% is air. When breathing on his own his oxygen requirement is measured in litres per minute and I think that 30% is roughly equivalent to about 6 litres of oxygen per minute.
He has been doing extremely well and today the physiotherapist Ellie came to try out a body support system on him. Should all go well we might be able to post a picture of this contraption in use for you tomorrow. Massimo looked very comfortable, if a little bemused, by this new sitting position!