Wednesday morning update

Breathing tube is out as of 9:00 a.m. and they put her on the Bi-Pap machine as soon  as they took the breathing tube out.  Now, they are going to take her off of the Bi-Pap and just go with the nasal canular (the nose thingy) and let her sit-up in a chair for awhile.  She will also finally get to drink a little bit of water as she has been asking for something to drink for several days now.  She even made up a list of things she wants to drink and a list of things she wants to eat.  Also, they will take the catherer out this morning as well.  The goal for today is to sit-up as much as possible.
Every time we are here in the PICU, we are reminded how special the nurses are  in this unit.  One of the nurses that took care of her the first couple of days after surgery bought her in a bottle of nail polish and the nurse she has today took care of her two days ago and she was off yesterday.  She told the charge nurse this morning that she wanted to take care of Rachel.  Thank God for wonderful, compassionate nurses like the ones here in the PICU.