A very quiet night; breathing very easily this morning, with only a low grade fever.  Still not sure why she has spiked fevers, but there is no obvious site of infection.

She will have surgery this afternoon.  Hopefully she will be more comfortable after she has the tracheotomy and they can lighten her sedation.  Then we’ll get a better idea of her neurological status. The only other outstanding problem is that she is not absorbing her cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) efficiently, and so she will probably need to have a tube placed to help drain that fluid.  Without good drainage, she could develop hydrocephalus, which would further complicate her neurological recovery.  They will make a decision on that later in the week.

For today, let’s hope for an easy surgery and then take it from there.