So Elizabeth was pretty comfortable today. They kept her on the extra support with the ventialtor so no pressure support/trach collar trials today. They decided to do an echo on her heart, just to check and make sure things are good there. And decided to give some extra diurectics to get more fluid off of her, she was starting to look a little puffy again. And her fluid levels have been a little positive over the past couple days. They scheduled her for a bronchospy tomorrow sometime. She will be taken to the OR to have it done and sedated for it. There is a chance they will do a biopsy with this one if they notice anything when they are looking at her lungs. The Dr seems pretty sure her lungs are ok, but that maybe she just needs to move slower with everything. He thinks she is taking too shallow of breaths and is not ventilating as well as she should be becasue of that. And it will just take some time to the strength she needs to do it. I can accept that and understand her needing more time and that maybe we moved to fast with trying to get her off all the sedation and ventilator. But I just want to be as sure as possible that there isnt something going on with her lungs as far as infection or rejection issues. They just did a bronch last week and didnt see anything, so hopefully this one will be unchanged from the last.
She has slept pretty much all day today, so that tells me she was pretty worn out. And hopefully having a break from the trials off the vent is giving her a chance to rest and recovery a little bit more.
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