A swallow test is done by feeding her a very exciting applesauce and water mixture with a bit of blue dye in it. After she eats it, they suction her lungs to see if there's any blue dye. In her case there was a bit, which means that her epiglottis isn't in full form quite yet. For those of you who don't know what the epiglottis is, it's the little thing that basically acts as a lid to your trachea so that nothing goes into your lungs that isn't supposed to. They're going to test again next week. Once that epiglottis gets itself together she'll be able to start on fluids!
She also has her trach capped. She's breathing through her mouth and nose and her 02 levels are good which means that she's doing a great job breathing on her own.
I would say that unfortunately that's all the news I have, but I think most of the time in this case it's the "no news is good news" kind of thing.
I hope you're all having a good weekend.
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