June 08, 2005 at 03:06 PM EDT

The pulmonary team did their thing and suctioned her out.
They were also able to "puff out" the collapsed parts,
so we'll hope it did the trick.

The attending was in to talk with me prior to this, and give me the current game plan: they want to try and wean her off the breathing tube entirely, as well as start weaning her off some of her (drug) drips, by sedating her less, but still giving pain meds. If they can't wean her off the tube within a week or so, they'll trach her temporarily so she can start rehab. They also want to tinker w/the dialysis, to make it so she can start rehabbing more, by maybe making it intermittent instead of continuous. Even if she needs the trach, they close right back up, so it's not a permanent thing. It looks like she'll do her rehab here at Children's.

The best part about the whole conversation was that she was speaking in terms of rehab and "when she goes home," which was awfully nice to hear. This doctor seemed to think that as long as we can avoid another major infection setting in, Sam should pull through this, w/lots of love and rehab.

From a skin perspective, things look good --
the Dr. said that 85% of the grafts taking is great.

Keep praying for Sam's continued strength,
because she's going to need a lot of it for rehab.

Thanks,
Jessica

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