Taking it easy

Changing out the ECMO tubes last night went very well.  Brenya swelled up only a little which is good.  It shouldn't take long for her to get rid of the extra fluid again.  The doctors decided it would be best to just let her rest for today so they are just going to watch her and not try anything dramatic.  They might try to take her off ECMO again tomorrow depending on how things look.  Her lungs are still a little cloudy from the bleeding she had and they said she might, although they haven't done any tests to make sure, have a little bit of pneumonia.  They have started giving her antibiotics just in case she does.  Overall she is doing very well and just needs a mellow day to help her heal up.    

We almost got a good picture with her eyes open.  She was starting to fall asleep and her left eye was just swollen enough that she had a hard time getting it open.  She has very pretty dark blue eyes.