Bye Bye Ventilator :-)

Our little girl was taken off the ventilator this afternoon.    We are quite proud of the progress our little girl has made in the breathing department.  She is just doing great puffing her own air.  She has been stable and active since the tube was removed.  So stable in fact that she was able to hang out in Daddy's airs for an hour this evening.  This is the first time I have been able to hold her in 15 days.  The feeling is incredible and like nothing else.  In preparation for extubation her breast milk feeds were stopped before we went into the MRI and her nutrients were once again delivered via IV.  She will be cleared for feeds again once she gets some hours under her belt off the ventilator and they can be sure she will not need to intubated again.  Items in her stomach could be spit up during the tube removal or insert and go into her lungs.  Her Momma is anxiously awaiting the word from the doc about feedings at rounds tonight.  The PICC line that had been established a few days back was back off 1cm today.  It may have been tickling the heart and causing our SVT's..... or it could have nothing to do with it.  Daisy has not had an episode since the wee hours this morning.  We are hoping this trend continues.  We are hoping to hear MRI results at some point tomorrow.