Saturday, November 20, 2010 6:28 PM, CST

Lots of progress today, Elizabeth was weaned OFF of nitric at 5am this morning and has done very well. They have decreased her sedation and she is waking up more often. They removed the catheter she had hope to take out the artial line sometime tonight. And the best news~~~ She is back on CPAP/Pressure Support mode on the ventilator (what she was at home on). Which means she is doing the work of breathing herself but the ventilator is provding her with some support for breathing, but definatley a good sign. Her oxygen requirement is down to 55% (she was home on 45% before she got sick) so she is going in the right direction for sure! They started feeding her more throug the NJ tube they placed down her nose, and we hope to have GI come and go over her feeding issues early next week. She is still very sick but has made rapid progress, so we are hopeful she will be better and home soon.