A setback

Samantha had a good night and had another bath. She did some more coughing and they got some stuff out of her breathing tube. The best news was that they were able to turn down the support that she was receiving from the ECMO. It was also nice to see her sleeping, but also responding when she was being messed with.

Unfortunately, at the end of the day today, they heard very reduced sounds on her right side, and an x-ray shows that her entire right lung is completely "whited out" again. This means that it is either full of fluid, could have collapsed or could be hemoragging -- they just don't know. We are waiting for them to do an ultrasound tonight to see if they can determine what happened. Everyone seems to be as surprised and confused as we are, but we are hoping to figure it out soon.
We knew there would be setbacks, so we're praying that this is all this is.