Some Improvement

A little bit of good news: The tracheotomy operation this morning went well and the tube for breathing that was in Andie's mouth and a potential place for bacteria and stuff to grow is now out of there.
And a little bit of bad news: As they drove to the hospital this afternoon my parents got a call to okay a filter in the blood lines since they've detected blood clots in her arms and legs. They said they'd be at the hospital soon but the docs didn't want to wait that long so they okayed it and they went ahead and got it done right away.

Some more good news: The general sedation has been turned off and now her eyes are open and she's looking around the room. The nurses have indicated that she should be better each day now that she's off the sedation but she's still got a mitten kind of thing on her hand so she doesn't pull tubes out. My dad said they tried to get her to blink her eyes on command and while she did once if they asked her to blink twice it would take quite a while between blinks. Hard to say what that is, just reflex? The times I was there and they brought down the sedation they tried to get her to hold up two fingers or thumbs up but that hasn't happened yet. I'm glad things are looking up and at least she's coming around - it was tough to see her like that and I'm really looking forward to getting back up there to see for myself - she's still in Critical Care but hopefully she'll be better and better every day.