Wednesday, January 30, 2013

We had an overall good day. Things are still moving slowly with Leah's right lung. Her xray showed that there wasn't a whole lot of improvement through the night even though she was wearing the bi-pap machine. She was able to have 2 breaks throughout the day from wearing it. Both times she was off the bi-pap, her oxygen and heart rate were excellent. She wasn't on any kind of oxygen to support her. They are also doing something called cough assist. They force air into her to make her cough out the mucus. She is not a fan. It takes 3 of us to hold her down, and one person to do the cough assist. We know she has some fight left in her:) Our 2 prayer request would be that we would see a big difference in her xray tomorrow, so that she could have longer periods without the bi-pap machine. Also her liver numbers were a bit elevated, so if they don't drop by tomorrow, she will need a liver biopsy. If they do a biopsy, she will most likely need to be intubated again. It would only be for the biopsy, but we know her throat is soar from all the other times. It would be nice to give her a break from the breathing tube more than 2 days. Thanks for you prayers.

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