Day 14...

We called in this morning to see how Briana was doing. The nurse said that Briana had a lot of bad spells this morning between 1AM to 4AM. They had the ventilator next to her bed yesterday but did not put her on it. Malia asked why it was next to her bed and the nurse said that they had it close to her bed in case they needed to put her on the machine. I think they were just preparing us for the worst, the reality that they will eventually put her on it. When we called this morning, the nurse said they will probably put Briana on the ventilator machine today due to the frequency and severity of the apnea spells she has been experiencing. She said last night was especially tough on Briana. We are heading to the hospital now to see Briana and spend the day with her.

Please join us in prayer for our daughter. She needs our prayers to pull through this.

Thanks again and God bless you all,

Paul and Malia

UPDATE: 4:00PM
They put Briana on the ventilator a couple of hours ago at 2PM. Malia and I left the room while they intibated her. The tube is small (we were thinking it would be large like on TV...) and now she won't have to work so hard on breathing since the machine is doing the work for her. The ventilator machine has a big control panel with tons of dials, buttons and controls. We are hoping this will eliminate most of the spells.
Paul