Ella had a really good, stable night. The doctor says that her lungs sound considerably better today than they did yesterday. All of her stats are well within the acceptable range.

Her Jaundice levels are up a touch, but are still below requiring treatment for her weight and age. They plan to start steiroid treatments today to bring her swelling down in anticipation that she will have the respirattion tube removed in about 24 hours. The worry is that any swelling in her trachea will seal off her airway again upon Extubation, but they will be ready to quickly react when they reattempt.

All good news for now. Stay posted for more updates.