Lunchtime Update

LC's catheter and temporary pacemaker wires are gone. MANY of her meds have been taken off and she's moved down from receiving 90% oxygen through the ventilator to 28%.

Her ICU doctor, Dr. Allen, came in and said he'd like to attempt removing the ventilator. Brave parents that we are, Justin and I chose this time to head out to the waiting room and update the blog (i.e. hide from the visual trauma of the tube removal in order to lessen impending parental guilt complex)...

LC's face looks a little less puffy, but she is still having more dry diapers than they would like to see, especially now that the Lasix (diuretic) has started.

She is DEFINITELY coming out of sedation and her eyes are opening and druggedly swirling around as she's trying to come to the surface. She absolutely knew when Dad came to visit, though, and her eyes shot open and she turned to lock 'em straight on him. (I have lost him forever...) Her hand shot out and clamped right down on his fingers...I could almost hear her asking him to take her to snuggle on the sofa to watch the action adventure movies mom prohibits when she's around...

We've got a long way to go, but your prayers have brought her farther than we ever imagined we'd be at this time on day 2. We have heard some talk from doctors of moving LC out of the ICU if things continue to go well by tomorrow, but we'll see what the rest of the day brings.

Thank you, thanks, thanks for continuing to lift us up and carry us through...