Extubated No More

I am very sad to say that they had to re-intubate Eden last night at about 1 am.  She was just struggling too much and could not continue breathing without assistance.  They say that she went into respiratory failure.  I hate the word, failure, it's so harsh.  They also say that she has three failed attempts at extubation.  There's that word again.  I personally think that Eden is anything but a failure!  Basically, at this point they do not know why Eden couldn't breath on her own.  Her brain CT scans have come back normal and fine and all of her heart tests show that it is not her heart causing the respiratory issues.  They also do not think that it is an upper respiratory issue.  Once again, Eden has stumped her doctors.  Other than this, she is doing well.  They have reduced some of her blood pressure medicine and she is up to 18 cc's and hour in her feeding tube.  They will put her up to 20cc's and then hold her there as it is considered a full feeding.  I have decided that I am going to start putting bows in her hair because too many people refer to her as "him."  Who names their sons Eden?

It has been a very emotionally draining day for me.  I did get to hold her though and that made me feel so much better.  I know that Eden will do things on her own time, I just have to be patient.  We continue to pray that her lungs will heal completely and she will finally be able to breath unassisted.  Thank you all for keeping her in your prayers.