A little bit of a setback today. Maybe not a setback, we will call it a delay.
Everyone had hopes of her getting the vent out sooner rather than later, but its not going to happen today and maybe not for a few more days. The reasons are they need her to have better and more frequent cough/gag reflexes before extubating. Also there isn't any leak around the tube right now. So they need to give her some meds to decrease the swelling around the tube.
The positive is that she is doing very well breathing on her own with just the oxygen. And its good that they aren't rushing things and are waiting until she is 100% ready before moving forward.
But as a mom who just wants so desperately for her baby girl to be better and to come home - its frustrating.
Thursday will be two weeks since this nightmare began. I'm sure the longest two weeks of their lives.
