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Penny and I had a nice little slumber party last night. A pretty nasty looking storm came through but we were safe and sound here in the PICU. She has been started on the medicine for her pulmonary hypertension (it's viagra. Go ahead and giggle) and it seems to be helping with her spasms. She also is on pretty low vent settings to the point that she can either do it on her own or she can't. The next step is to put the vent settings on "cpap" and see how she does. Basically that gives her support but let's her do most of it herself. The first time they did it she dropped her sats a little so they put her back on vent settings. She will get trials like this every so often until she does well then she can be extubated. Her sedatives are also being weaned so we are having more and more sweet awake time.

I'll be going home soon to spend some time with Lydia and maybe get some rest. I'll try to post a picture of her soon. For now here's Sweet Pea and her sleepy eyes