I usually don't like to state possibilities as fact, but today I'll make an exception today. Lyra should be taken off the ventilator sometime this morning or early afteroon. There was a chance of that happening yesterday, but with it being Sunday and Lyra still having some fluid in and around her lungs, they decided to wait another day.
Lyra continues to amaze us with her recuperative powers. Last night Maren and I saw her more or less fully awake for the first time in a week. She even gave Maren a hint of a smile (and later we learned was smiling for her nurse). Once she's off the ventilator we hope more things will happen in short order. They're already trying to get her off her IV drugs, which I hope means getting some of her lines taken out. She's not too bad right now, but they're hard to deal with and make holding her difficult.
Posted by Tim at August 2, 2004 10:03 AM