Ugh, not so great start today. I walked in and Ben's hr was in the Hugh 160's. So, pretty good. But then when he woke up, it went to the high 180's and even to 190. Then he threw up some of his feed. The nurse turned it off, suctioned him and got him cleaned off. She said they'd stop it for an hour and try again. She also suctioned a lot of air out of him. So his hr might have been high because he was uncomfortable. They're taking him off of morphine today. And his vent is down to 18 bpm and a pressure of 16. Joe and I feel like they're trying to do too much at once and his body can't handle that. I'm hoping that since the nurse suctioned everything out, maybe he'll be more comfortable and his hr will go down. One of his nurses made a sign and hung it on his bed it says, "2012. New year, new heart!" that's what we're hoping!