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We are recovering from the broncostomy. It went pretty well...
They didn't do as much as they usually do because each time they went into her lungs her oxygen levels started to drop so they felt she was too fragile (doc's words) to really look around her lungs. But they got the sample they needed. They will culture it and see what grows. In 2 or 3 days we will know the results (fungus, bacteria, virus...What kind of pneumonia...Etc). She was such a trooper. I am amazed by her ability to bounce back. She is watching a Sesame Street Sing-a-long video (her new favorites!) with my parents and being cute little Livi.

Please pray that the she is able to fully recover from the intubation and procedure. during the procedure they squirt a little salt water into the lungs so it will mix with whatever is growing in there and then suck some of it back out. The rest is just absorbed into the blood stream. With kids this makes them cough a lot more and she's already thrown up once. this is normal as she is swallowing everything she coughs up right now. Pray she doesn't throw up a bunch more and is able to clear the fluid and stop coughing so much (usually takes 24 hours). pray for a good nap (we only got about 3 hours last night). Pray that the pneumonia is a pneumonia and not a side affect of the leukemia. Pray it is something treatable and easy to get over...and normal.

Thanks to both of my parents for staying in the overcrowded, cough-filled Ronald McDonald room so that you could help me. The 2 am walk that lasted 2 hours was fun with my dad along. Love you both more than I can say.