I have returned to Seattle for now but am getting updates from my brother at the hospital. His report this morning said the night was smooth. She had a little trouble breathing first thing this morning but we think that was attributed to little anxiety upon waking up. Otherwise, she has been on spontaneous breathing on the ventilator and they are lowering the power of the vent gradually so she is doing more and more of the work. My brother said she looked at him with both eyes this morning which was a good sign. And when my dad got there this morning they both said she clearly mouthed "Hi Jim" to him which is a huge step! The hospitalist arrived shortly after and she followed all of his commands. So he said the feeding through the peg tube (stomach feeding tube) was going so well that we can finally take the CorTrak (nose feeding tube) out. So that will happen today and we will just keep working with her and looking for progress!
Thanks,
Jennifer
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