Day 11

Emma continues to do well. They are weaning her on her ventilator settings and hope they can take her chest tube out today. Hopefully she will be off her special ventilator tomorrow and we can hold her. They are trying to turn down her pain medicine. Emma is not sure she likes this and has been a little bit more agitated and her heart rate has been up. Now they are going to try and give her a little extra pain medicine when she seems to need it. She continues to poop which is great to know her bowels are working good. On rounds this morning the doctors said "if there is such a thing as a good diaphragmatic hernia Emma has it." We don't praise Emma too much though cause every time the doctors do she doesn't do quite as well and needs adjustments on her meds and ventilator. Thanks once again for all the prayers and thoughts.