A Very Good Day

Lynnea was extubated this morning at 10:45, and has been doing well every since. She is on some high flow oxygen (6 liters) to help keep her airways open, but mostly just for flow -- she has required very little actual extra oxygen all day (most of the day it was room air, but this evening she's needing between 25-30%). She is clearly working harder to breathe, but again, some of that is to be expected after being on the ventilator for so long. So, the plan is to watch her and see how she does. Ever since they pulled the breathing tube out, she has been demanding water off from a toothette, which is very cute -- she suddenly remembered how to sign "more" and hasn't stopped asking for water all day, except when she's napping or very distracted by other things. I was also surprised that she has a little bit of her voice back already; I had expected that to take a few days. She cries, and she makes pleasant noises when she is happy. I think she was starting to try to say a few words as well -- I think I heard "Hi" "Mom" and "LaLa" when she was watching Elmo's World. These might have just been random sounds, but I'd like to think that she was trying to talk. The best part of the day was snuggle time. It was wonderful to finally get to hold her again after waiting for so long. We snuggled for about three hours; she napped in my lap most of that time. She didn't have any fevers today, which was also very good news.