trach day

later today they plan to do the tracheostomy

they'll do this procedure at her bedside

this will be great

they'll take out the very large breathing tube from her mouth

and all the related apparatus all over her face and head

and replace it with a much smaller tube directly into her throat

this will help her a lot, in many different ways


today they hooked her to a new dialysis machine to clean her out

her damaged kidneys are working a little

but she'll be on dialysis for some time until they are healthy again


one machine off and one machine on


this is much better and they said they're taking

lots of fluid out of her


this will be good because they really want her to dry out

her new lungs (god bless her donor's family) are working

they still are pumping lots of oxygen in to her

but that amount of air pressure is coming down as well



she's still out like a light but maybe

after the next procedure, they can have her be a little more aware

depending on how well she can handle it

and how much she'll want to be awake


i can't wait til all the stuff's out of her mouth

and she can respond a little and (i bet) smile