Jiliang is on the upswing now & my clutsy move :)

Jiliang looked so much better today. The antibiotic was definitely doing its work. Yeah! No fever, no gooky nose, less fluid build-up. And guess what? Her numbers were looking better. She made such a remarkable recovery that there is a chance that she could be extubated tomorrow.
This morning, they guesstimated that she would be in the hospital for another 2 weeks, but we'll see how her recovery goes tomorrow and after she is extubated and awake. I am certain that she will thrive and expedite her recovery once she is awake and feeling secure. There are a lot of baby steps that still need to take place before the tube can come out, but I feel much more hopeful today.
This evening, she tried to sit up while Scott, T.J. and I were there. We were all laughing about something, and she must have felt left out, so she tried to sit up. Her hands were both restrained and she was using a lot of strength to put herself into a sitting position. This is the first time she has done this in our presence.
Anyhow, I put the sidebar down to get in a position to relax her. A few minutes later, water started gushing from the ventilator. Apparently, I pinched a hose and broke it. The nurse and a respiratory therapist assured me that it was no big deal. Luckily, it was anything life-threatening either. Scott was teasing T.J., and said that I needed to stay and work to pay for it by changing poopy diapers.
I am looking forward to more progression tomorrow. I will keep you all posted.
Jill :)