Labs are great.  Her platelets count is at 125000.  Things are going well.  She is resting comfortably listening to calming music so she can have enjoy a Zen experience.

The Pulmonologist came up with a tentative plan today:  He hasn’t checked with any of the other doctors, so this might be pretty preliminary:

Here’s the tentative plan:

• If she can maintain or improve her breathing, a trachea will be inserted in the next day or two.
• Cindy will be transferred to Kindred to be weaned from trachea
• After she is weaned, they will NOT remove the trachea, but close it up and leave it in.
• Cindy will be transferred to a SubQ (rehab) for general recovery including physical therapy, nutrition, and not sure what else.
• Depending on how Cindy is doing, she will either go home or be transferred back to John Muir Hospital for surgery to remove her hernia
• If Cindy goes home, she would probably have the surgery done within the next 3 months

Not everyone has agreed to this, but it is the most supportive plan with lots of resources for Cindy to help her on her way to a full recovery.