Day 15

We had a positive meeting today with the pediatricians and key people at the NICU, and they feel that Talia is now on negligable morphine and breathing support with the ventilator. The other drugs are not being used any more either and Talia is the most responsive we have seen her.

It would be great to stay like this for a while, but Talia is clearly annoyed by the tube in her throat and would like to see it gone. We pray that this tenacity will be applied to her breathing once the tube is removed, and this is now planned for tomorrow.

We are also aying that as part of the complete healing for Talia, God will allow her to cope brilliantly with being off the ventilator and will activate her brain to operate the breathing (and other areas) fully normally. We don't want to see the apnea (see http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/sleep/apnea.html) occuring frequently as previously and the doctors hope that she is now more able to cope.

Talia may have obstructions in her throat as well as the central problems and mid-morning tomorrow, we will see if she can cope on her own again. The heart issues are being put to one side at the moment, and we will concentrate on this key issue with her. She will be able to cry once again without the tube, which will be a pleasure to hear.

Today we celebrated her two week old birthday (thanks to Alison and Jan's mum especially) with her receiving a special card and a lovely bracelet with her name. The nurses prepared a lovely card, dressed her for the first time and Talia looked lovely and responded strongly.

Thanks to God for His mercies and thanks to all who are speaking words of LIFE over little Talia.