November 20, 2005 - Mid-Morning

Our little fish continues to breath out of her man-made gill like a champ. She is currently on a 6/4 schedule (6 hours off the respirator, 4 hours of rest with the respirator and then 6 off again). Her numbers are fantastic and we expect them to continue upping the off times as the day progresses.

Brenda returned yesterday and was overjoyed to see Mandy with her eye(s) open (the left eye is still a little swollen and opens only slightly and with effort). She insists that for the first time, Mandy actually appeared to "see" her and focus on her as she moved about the room in addition to squeezing her hand. We also held up the Brinker monkey for her and she appeared to focus on and see it before she drifted back to sleep. This doesn't qualify as being "awake" but these "aware" periods are good signs and hopefully good indicators of things to come.