Caydence: Extubation round 2

We extubated Caydence this morning for our second try. She did great! This time she did way better than the first time. Last time she was so mad when we pulled the tube and took a while to calm down. This time she didn't even care. She does have a lot more sedation on board this time but I think that this time is just way better. We had to come down on some of the sedation just because her heart rate was getting a little low. She started out on a pretty hefty dose so it was good to come down a little. It has only been a couple hours since we pulled the tube but she is doing really well and everyone is happy with were she is at. Her gasses are looking good too. Everything just went extremely smooth this time around. Lets just hope it lasts. I'm sure we will really start seeing how she's doing when we come off the sedation a little more. But for now she is in a good place, we just need to keep her calm and keep it quiet in here and she will make it. Eric and I will be doing shifts again tonight to make sure nothing changes. Thank goodness my mom is here to entertain Tanner so we don't have to worry too much about him. He wants to be in here with us but I'm not going to take the chance of her getting too worked up again. We still have the same neighbor as last time so that's already something I'm worried about. So I think the extra sedation Caydence is on will help keep her calm. I really hope that this is the last time we have to do this, I don't want that tube to go back in anytime soon. We are so ready for all this to be over and get home. Even if the tube stays out this time we are still looking at a couple more months here. It's hard to imagine being here for that much longer considering we have already been here for about 4 months. Caydence needs to get out of here and realize that she does have a home outside of this hospital!