Wed Update

Today, wed. we talked to the nurse. Last night, we asked to have her off the sedationn medication to see if she comes out of the induced comma. So far, nothing. It's been more than 12 hours and the tests show no signs of brain activity at this time. That's not a positive sign, there should be something by now. Usually we should see something in 6-8hours. She's still on the ventilator, on heart and blood pressure medication. We now decide that if her brain doesn't show any signs, we may take her off the heart medication as the next 'weaning' step. We have met as a family, lots was shared, lots of tears, deciding what SHE would want. And we agreed, with advice from a nurse friend and doctor friend, to go slow. Taking her off the ventilator would be the next thing, which would then be pretty final. This process could take 30mns or days. Today, we will meet again as a family, and then with the doctors to walk this through together. We are also talking about the post details of burial, etc. We're asking if she would want to go home to Nicaragua, if that would be too expensive/feasible, etc.