Day 6

Today Emma has been taken off all sedation, including ketamine to allow her to begin to come out of the coma. Her lung function and x-ray continue to look really good. One of drugs they have used to sedate her is long lasting so sometime over the next day or 2 she is expected to begin to wake up. They don't want her to wake yet as they'd like a day without ketamine first as she will be much calmer then. Her lab results are getting better each day and her bowel continues to move – albeit slowly. The way her breathing machine works has been altered to allow her to initiate each breath which she is doing well - the machine did it all for her when she was sedated. The Doctors are pleased with her progress and each day she is improving. Everything is on-track, and the Doctors are feeling positive about good pain results, although that won't be known for quite a while yet – so we just wait some more...