November 21, 2005 - Mid-Morning

Congratulations are in order for the little one. As of 2:30 this morning, she had gone 24 hours breathing on her own! Her numbers have been so good, they're letting her continue to breathe on her own as long as she doesn't show signs of distress. We're waiting to talk to the neurosurgeon about where we go from here. We believe that he's going to want to put the shunt in before he releases her to step down and she needs to be fever free for 24 hours before they can do the procedure.

In the meantime, she was sleepy this morning but woke up a little while. She even managed to stick her tongue out right away when asked (it normally take a bit more cajoling than it took this morning). We've discovered that her most active period tends to be the 4 to 6 PM visit, so we're excited to see what she has in store for this afternoon.

A few people have asked us what we'll be doing for Thanksgiving, so we thought that we'd share that our Savannah angels Jerry and Diane (who not only so generously gave us their apartment and car) but are even feeding us home cooked food whenever they can! They've invited us to Thanksgiving dinner and Kurt is excited about the fried turkey that's been promised. We're all looking forward to having dinner by the water. Mandy's slow but steady improvement has given us much to be thankful for this year.