Our beautiful baby!

Olivia had a really good night. She does seem to be a little bit awake under her paralytic, so they are trying to find something...anything...that will keep her more sedated.

I am not really good with explaining the whole trach thing, but here is what I know:

The trach will not help nor hinder her pulmonary hypertension. We decided to go with the trach, because it is, most likely, the only way we will get her home. She is not tolerating weaning down on the ventilator and she really needs her medications for her pulmonary hypertension. Two of her medications can only be administered through a vent. With her trach, she can go home on a vent. It will require 24 hour nursing care, so we are taking that into consideration now as we house hunt. It will definitely be a life change, but it will also allow us to be a family again. The trach is one step closer to home, however, it's a 6-8 week process to get your house approved and ready for her to be released. The fact that we technically don't have a home also throws a glitch into it. We'll just cross that bridge when we come to it.

So, as far as how the trach will help her...it will get her home, it will help respiratory-wise, and she'll never have to be intubated again! Any questions?

I'll leave you with this beautiful face...

And this one...