Steady Progress

Last evening, the doctors decided that Madeleine is stable and they're moving rather quickly to get her weaned from the breathing support so that she can be moved out of the CICU. Starting last night at 10PM, the nurses began decreasing the flow (rate of air) that Madeleine is receiving via the high flow nasal canula. She was turned down to 8 liters at 10PM and then went down to 7 liters at 6AM this morning. We're scheduled to go to 6 liters at 2PM and 5liters at 10PM. If all goes well, she'll be at 4 liters tomorrow morning at which point they will likely discuss making the transition from the high flow canula to the traditional nasal canula. If this change is made tomorrow, we think its likely she'll move off the CICU by tomorrow evening and/or Saturday morning. As you might expect, we're cautiously optimistic as we know that Madeleine could have a set back-- no one is immune to setbacks when in an ICU setting. That being said-- Madeleine is really doing great.

That's all for now. Check back for an afternoon update of pictures. Thanks,

Brent