Smart Cookie

Today they weaned Lynnea's vent rate a bit from 26 to 18 (not all at once, of course!) and so far it has gone OK. Everyone is hoping to attempt extubation later this week, or early next week. We hope that the weaning continues to go well. They are also very slowly weaning her sedation medications (we started weaning last week, and so far she has done OK). She continues to have difficulties tolerating her feeds though.

Lynnea, with all of her time here at the hospital, has finally figured out how to avoid being pestered by doctors and nurses. Today she decided that every time that a doctor or nurse came to bug her, she would pretend to sleep in hopes that they would leave her alone. She realized that, most of the time, this works out great. So, now whenever a doctor walks into the room (or anyone else she doesn't want to deal with), she closes her eyes and pretends to sleep until they leave, and then she opens her eyes and continues to play. It's very funny.