Breathing a little easier

We are all doing that now that Kayley has been off the ventilator for two full days and seems to be doing great with that feat! The vent tube was a big irritation to her little throat and a huge hassle for everyone when Andy and Megan hold her so it is a great relief for her to be breathing on her own now. She has to wear a CPAP over her nose to give her a bit of help keeping the passages open but they will wean her off of that in a couple of weeks and she will have nothing left tube-wise except the feeding tube. She is almost up to "full" feed so that is a great milestone, too. I spent an hour with her last night after Andy came home from work. She is so darned cute and I wanted to just scoop her up and hold her and give her a grandma hug.....all in due time. I stole a few pictures off of Andy's blog. The one where she looks like Hannibal Lector is the CPAP doing its work. :-) Still keep Kayley in your thoughts and prayers. Thanks.