Monthly Archives: August 2013

It’s amazing to see the effect of a few hours of sleep after getting your body sawed in half and lying awake, in pain for 58 hours. A lot has happened since my last post. Yesterday evening, we had been … Continue reading →

It’s Travis again. We were hoping for some progress today, but Nikki is still struggling with the pain from the incision on her right side. As I mentioned yesterday, this is hampering her recovery in several ways. She is still … Continue reading →

Hey gang, Ben Saukko the ‘Guest Blogger’ here. A lot of you have been asking about visiting the hospital and what you can do to help, so Trav and I thought it might be a good idea to drop a … Continue reading →

Sorry for the delay in posting. I think we were all awestruck when Nikki started taking her first breathes yesterday. She was ahead of schedule on her recovery and they were hoping she would get out of ICU today. I’m … Continue reading →

She’s breathing! At the crack of noon, they pulled out her breathing tube and she was breathing on her own! Well, with the help of the new lungs. It was awesome! Earlier today, they did a bronchoscopy. Since everything was … Continue reading →

Trav here again. Nikki is still sedated. She’s on propofol. Yup, the same drug forever linked to Michael Jackson. Her nurse will suspend her dose for a couple of minutes to wake her up just a little to monitor her … Continue reading →

Trav again. Thank you all for the thoughts and prayers for us and the donor family. Nikki is still heavily medicated. They’ve made the decision to keep her intubated until tomorrow which is normal. They are trying to keep her … Continue reading →

Travis here again. The surgeon just spoke with us and let us know that there was less scaring than he expected so they were able to remove her old lungs easier than they had anticipated. Because Nikki is so small, … Continue reading →

Travis here again. At 4:00 A.M. we were informed that the surgeons have been able to transplant the second lung. She’s off the bypass and they’re going to begin to close her up. They’re hoping to transport her to ICU … Continue reading →

Travis here. We were just notified that they started surgery around 11:25 P.M. Thank you all for the kind words and for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers. While we are hopeful, excited and just a little bit scared, … Continue reading →