Leah turns 16

Happy 16th birthday Leah – this photo was taken of Leah and her daddy – Leah’s oxygen levels & breathing remained stable over night.

They are alternating 1hr of the face mask CPAP with 3hrs using the nasal prongs.

Leah prefers the nasal prongs.

We both got a few hours sleep.

Thanks for all your prayers & supportive messages.

Visiting is of course restricted in ICU & many of you live far away but modern technology brings your loving support directly into Leah’s room.

A small improvement

This morning the ICU consultant was 95% sure that Leah would need to go on a ventilator but said that he would monitor her condition for another hour.

However Leah’s condition has stabilised again thankfully.

Her oxygen levels and breathing have improved a little.

This has enabled them to swap her cpap face mask for nasal prongs for part of the time.

This is a little more comfortable for Leah & enables her to take sips of fluid and to occasionally speak some single words.

The effort of breathing continues to use up most of her energy though.

Any improvements no matter how small are very encouraging.