Courtney continued to have a very good day today. She has been up several times today to go potty and done a few marching steps and arm lift excercises each time she got up. This afternoon, the RT moved the peep pressure settings down to 8 /5, which is the lowest setting before starting the move off the biPAP machine.
Kelsey and Jenn went to Kelsey's basketball game this afternoon. When they came back, the girls played with Courtney's High School Musical dolls and sang songs. We ordered chinese food and the 3 of us ate supper in the cafeteria. After singing some more songs for Courtney, Jenn and Kelsey left at 9 to spend the night at home and come back in the morning. Courtney wants them to bring back her Titans jersey tomorrow so she can wear it while we watch the game.
The RT came in tonight about 10:30 PM and turned off the inspitory pressure on the biPAP machine. That means that she is now only on CPAP with a setting of 5 and the oxygen level is at 35%. She is going to sleep and her O2 SATs are fluctuating between 94 and 97 right now. The plan is to leave her at this setting for a couple of hours and if she keeps her SATs up, they will remove the biPAP mask and use a nasal cannula for oxygen support to see how she does.
I will be anxiously watching the monitor for the next several hours and praying for her little lungs to continue to get stronger and be able to come off the support tomorrow. I have a couple of movies to watch and plenty of caffeine, so I am set for the night.
I will update early tomorrow morning on how she does with the weaning process tonight and early morning.
Randy
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Tell Courtney we're all thinking of her and praying for her and your family.
For all you blog-ee's who haven't seen Courtney, here she is with her dad and sister (and assorted friends) from the Heart Walk this fall. Randy does an incredible job of organizing a team to support the AHA in honor of Courtney every year.
Love you guys; keep up the blog!
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