Trach change

Yesterday Autumn got her first trach change. I was not able to see them do it since they came at like 6am. They said she did well and she did cry but was able to be calmed down with her favorite pacifier (the one sissy got her). Her trach has a small leak but they said that is fine as long as it does not affect her breathing but it sounds like she is snoring the whole time. They moved her oxygen to 21% which is room air and she would desat to about 85 but come right back up by herself. She had another great day yesterday. They did not get a chance to put her on the home vent yesterday since they did not get to us in rounds until 6pm in the evening! It was busy in ICU yesterday. They moved her to full feeds-she is still being fed continuously but they should stop that soon and just give her the amount she needs every 3 hours. She rested most of the day and aunt Jen and I were able to hold her last night. It was so fun cuddling with her and actually being able to kiss her all over her face. I don't think she really liked it though. :) Today the plan is to put her on the home vent and Thursday we have our care meeting at 2:30pm to meet with the pulmonalogist (sp) and so we can talk about graduating her to a new floor. YEA! Her little friend Maggie has been doing so good that they were able to move to a floor yesterday and hope to be home by the weekend. I am so thankful she did not have to go down the same road as Autumn. Everything still looks great and pray we will be in our own room by Friday night when the family comes down.