Cheerier

So, the doctors sounded much cheerier this morning. During rounds they all went through the various levels of this and amounts of that how she is responding to various things. She hasn't had any more seizures since yesterday afternoon, so they said her breathing tube could probably come out this afternoon after they got some levels.

Well, Silje didn't want to wait for some dopey old levels to be taken, she wanted the breathing tube out now! Around noon she had had it and she gave it a good yank. Well, it didn't come all the way out, of course (it's about 10 inches in there!), but it did come out enough to be an obstruction to her breathing. Oh, hooray. As if dad's morning hadn't been full enough.

Though they claimed she was never in any real danger, the whole scene still made me nervous. There were six in the room. Mostly not doing much, but one was bagging her and it wasn't helping. They decided that they would just go ahead and remove the tube the rest of the way.

Then her breathing went up to about 100 breaths per minute (take a moment and see if you can do that!), and that made me more nervous. But, her oxygen level was rising and after about 10 minutes, she started to slow her breathing and things started to calm down.

So, she looks like this!



I think she's going to need another "spa day" to get a facial to get the rest of the tape remnants off her face. But for now, I'm just happy to see her cheeks.