Ariella update - January 29, 2016

Greetings Team
It is hard for me to say exactly wherever Ella is in terms of her progression. This morning's x-ray did not look significantly better than yesterdays and in some respects it may have been a little worse. The bronchoscope did what it was supposed in that Ella's pulmonologist was able to get out a significant amount of secretions from the lower portion of her right lung. In order to do that they had to add quite a bit of fluid to the lungs to break up the secretions. The doctors were not surprised by the fact that the X ray did not look much better than the x-ray that was taken immediately following the procedure but when they listened to her they felt like she was moving good air through the lung but it does still sounds, at least partially, collapsed. In spite of whats happening on the inside Ariella continues to fight. She's spent a portion of the day painting and playing with her grandma. You can see here she was playing hide and go seek or peekaboo, one of the two. I don't know exactly what else to say except that they we are taking each day, as cliché as it may sound, as it comes. One day at a time. Hold to your team faith. We are all more than conquerors.