Hi Everyone! It's Thursday, and we were hoping this would be our last day at the hospital. Probably not, though. Caitlyn is scheduled for a bronchoscopy at 1:00 this afternoon. She is worried about it, plus she's really hungry because she has been fasting since last night. Please pray that she will learn to trust in God in the midst of fear and the unknown. She is a strong little girl, even though it doesn't always show. I know God is doing a good work in her.
The "bronch" should be straightforward and quick, because the area of infection was relatively small. The pulmonologist guessed the entire procedure would only take 10 minutes. She will continue to have respiratory therapy for today, and then they will do another chest x-ray tomorrow. The bronch is meant to look into her bronchus and then, they kind of flush out the gunk, if possible. That should clear away the mucous plug that has been stuck in the lung since the pneumonia began. Complications are quite rare. The most significant complications have more to do with the anesthesia, rather than the bronchoscopy.
I'll update later this afternoon to let you know how the procedure goes. If all goes as planned, she'll be nice and cleaned out and can go home tomorrow or Saturday. :) Thanks for praying!
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