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Hello friends. Here's the latest update on Gus. At the head of the update: TOMORROW IS A BIG DAY. I know "big day" feels overused at this point, but tomorrow really is the day we've been working towards over the last two weeks. We would greatly appreciate prayer for tomorrow. Why? Because tomorrow we are clamping again. This is the test - risky in itself - where our team evaluates Gus' ability to come off ECMO. We were able to plan this step because we successfully drew off fluids over the last four days and improved the condition of Gus' right lung after seven bronchoscopies. The persistence has paid off and God has blessed us with a relatively complication-free use of ECMO support over the last week. So tomorrow morning, between roughly 8-9 am (EST), our team plans to suspend ECMO support periodically to see if Gus' heart and lungs can take over. Another echo today confirmed that his heart function is good, despite being underfilled (meaning low volume -- which can be an effect of being on the ECMO circuit and addressed as needed). Properly supported, his heart should have what it needs to take over. Our family greatly appreciates all the support you've offered us. Through tonight and tomorrow morning we invite you to join us in earnest prayer that Gus' ECMO trial would be a success and he would be able to safely come off support (a process which would require a minor surgery). Pray too for the team that will be "all hands on deck" tomorrow. We anticipate challenges, and stabilizing him could be tricky -- but the hope is that the right support will help his heart, lungs, and vascular system take over for the ECMO circuit. It's our hope that over the weekend he will be off of ECMO and stable. We've made a lot of awesome progress in order to get to this point. For that we are incredibly grateful. Please join us in making these bold requests before the throne of grace. Further updates and urgent prayer requests will be made whenever I am able to as things progress tomorrow. Thanks to all. God is good.