Good news today. For starters, there have been no new fevers. They have also positively identified the infections as coming from the lungs, which means that they have been appropriately treating it.

They have also been able to continue dialing down the ventilator settings. It was down to 45% this morning, although they continue to go up and down as needed. Her PEEP (positive end-expiratory pressure, a measure of pressure in the lungs after exhaling) has also been lowered (a good thing), and getting that down further is part of the process of weaning her off of the ventilator.

For the past week, they have been giving her paralyzing medication to prevent her from thrashing about while in the early stages on the ventilator. They have now ceased that treatment. She is still heavily sedated, but the idea is that once they start taking her off of the sedation, they will be able to assess her ability to follow commands.

They continue rotate her from side to side to aid the healing in her lungs. The doctor still expects her recovery to be an ongoing process and that Dorothy will remain on the ventilator at least over the weekend.