Ventilator Be Gone!

When we arrived to visit the girls today, we found that Maddie had been taken off the ventilator! She has graduated to CPAP, which continuously pumps oxygen into her lungs to prevent the air sacs from collapsing. Although she is still receiving help, she is now breathing on her own. Cadie was also doing well. Her breathing has improved and her oxygen is almost down to twenty-one percent or "room air," which is the same air that we breathe. Both of their vitals were great, and they are looking better every day. Tomorrow is a big day, though; they will do another head ultrasound and chest x-ray for both girls.