5 years ago Emily could breathe!

5 years ago today was one of the top 3 happiest days of my life. Along with getting married and having Lily. 5 years ago today Emily came of the ventillator. We had had 3 weeks of the doctors telling us that there was a good possibility that that would never happen, and to prepare ourselves for the worst. 4 days earlier, a Wednesday, had been one of the top 3 worst days in our life when Emily had failed to pass a test to see if she could breathe on her own. The doctors were afraid that Emily's brain would not be able to tell her body to breathe. Then on Friday she passed the test. So on Saturday, August 21, the doctor came in and said what we'd been waiting 3 weeks to hear, "I think she can do it, let's take her off." It was her resident's last day on rotation, too. They took Emily off the ventillator and put her on bipap. The nurse came out and told us she was doing great and that we could go in and see her. We got to hold her and cuddle her, and we knew that she was going to make it. She had fought through the biggest fight, and even though we knew we still had a long road ahead before we could go home, we knew that Emily would be going home with us. It was like I could breathe for the first time in a month. Emily was born July 21st, so it was on her one month birthday that she came off. Thanks for fighting, Emily! You are our hero.