This morning's update from the CarePages:

23 June 06, 2005 at 10:12 AM EDT
Sam had some difficulties over the weekend, but as to the exact cause, nobody's sure. She spiked a temp a couple of times, but they were able to bring it down quickly; she also had some sort of respiratory thing going on--she was breathing quite heavily for some reason. The doctors checked around, looking for the usual causes, but found nothing different/unusual...it's quite puzzling. A new infection setting in is always a possibility--and a fear--but she's on several strong antibiotics. Her vitals otherwise are stable enough. They used paralysis to stop her labored breathing, and to just let the vent do it for her, and that seemed to help, and they'll take her off the paralyzing today, and see how she does. She will have a dressing change either today or tomorrow; at this point, the plastics team thinks it's too early to insert the catheter for dialysis--they want to insert one in the abdomen, but the skin there isn't healed enough, so they will likely have to wait. She had some production on her own over the weekend, but not much since, so we don't know the full story on that. These ups and downs are expected along the way; Sam's journey will be a lengthy one. It has been one month today; it feels like a year. It's a miracle she's made it to this point, so please keep praying for the miracle to continue.
Thanks,
Jessica

Of course, Sammy and her family are still in our prayers! Kisses to her from us!