Satuday (day22)

Good evening all. We've been waiting for the results from a CT scan which was done late this afternoon. The results may not be available till quite late tonite. The Doctors are trying to determine if the pockets of fluid they've seen in the regular ultrsounds and xrays are infections in Shawnas abdominal cavity. While we wait for this Shawna continues to improve her breathing and they continue to dial the pressure down. It is almost to where a healthy adult would breathe through the machine without assistance. All the support tubes have now been removed from her lungs and the lungs seem to be functioning properly. The addictive pain medication is now completely off and they will use tylenol or codeine for future pain. Her heart rate remains steady and we can notice a bit more strain as she is working to breathe now. Her white blood cell count is no longer climbing and has leveled off showing that her body is fighting and doing ok against the infection without antibiotics. There is still a lot of swelling around the brain area which is coming down without anti-swelling drugs. They have given her a diaretic(similar to us having a coffee or tea) which helps the body to get rid of fluids. Overal there is still very good progress for which we can thank our heavenly Father. We wish you all a blessed sunday of worship and praise. God bless you all. Al and Deb