Friday, November 9, 2007

Breathing without the Vent




We got home from hospital a few minutes ago. Dani Jo had a great evening while we were there. She was awake for a long time. We began to clean around her trach about 5:30 this afternoon. While cleaning around the trach, Dani Jo popped the ventilator hose off of the trach. She was awake, so we decided to leave the hose off while we cleaned the trach. It's much easier to clean with the vent. hose off. It took us about ten minutes to clean the trach. She was breathing on her own the entire time. We asked the nurse if we could keep the hose off for a few minutes. Twenty minutes later, Dani Jo was still breathing on her own and keeping her oxygen levels up. We didn't want to push our luck today, so we hooked her back up after 30 minutes and went home happy tonight.

3 comments:

digitsolutions said...

God answers prayer. It is so good to hear that Dani Jo is doing well. We continue to pray for her progress each and every day. Our God is an awesome God.
-Anthony, Nancy & Tessa

Psalm 75:1
Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.

Julie said...

Way to go Dani Jo !!!!!! What a great few days she's been having. There will be many more to come, I am sure of that. Thanks for keeping us posted. We check several times a day to see how Dani Jo is doing.
Peace and Love,
Julie

Alisha Thomas said...

Hello, thank is great that Dani Jo is breathing alittle own her own. She is so beautiful. We will keep yall in our prayers.

Alisha Thomas