Praying, Loving, Trusting

Dear friends,

Thank you so much to every prayer and word of encouragement. I´m glad to share amazing news. Vitoria is going well and today she will leave ICU and go to a room. I hope in a few days we will go home with her.

She had a very good answer to antibiotics and in the beginning of week she stopped to receive drugs that helped her to mantain a good blood pressure and circulation (which were extremely damaged by the infection and septic shock). She remained stable throughout the week

On thursday she was extubated. This was the most painful part for her and for us. She needed to be sedated while she was intubated because when she woke up she got very nervous. The breathing tube hurt her airways and after she was extubated she had a laryngeal edema. Due to the swelling she had a great respiratory distress and had to use a special respiratory support called CPAP- she hated it and pulled it several times!

Since saturday she's wearing an oxygen mask and fortunately yesterday the amount of oxygen was reduced to less than half and she is responding very well. We are hopeful that in a few days she will be breathing normally and will be able to eat orally again. She has finished treatment with antibiotics, but is still doing inhalation with bronchodilator medications to improve her breathing and is also getting stomach protectors because of all medication she received.

We immensely thank God for having sustained Vitoria and us during these hard days and that our precious daughter is feeling much better now.

We were so blessed in this hospital where all doctors, nurses and physiotherapists treated her with great care and dedication that also helped so much in her recovery.