Off the Ventilator!

The breathing tube for Maggie was just taken out at 2:30pm today. She is doing well, breathing with only a nasal oxygen tube. She does have some inflammation in her airway due to the tube. She is being given medication to decrease the swelling and decrease the effort she is making to take each breath. Pray that these medications work and the inflammation continues to decrease. If this does not, she will have to have the tube placed back into her throat, to allow more time for the inflammation to decrease with the medications they are giving her.