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Helen continues to recover in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis. She had her chest tubes and ventilator tube removed this morning. She was moved to a more private room so she could have fewer distractions. She was awake during much of the day, but she was kind of crabby and we tried to get her to sleep more. Every time she was offered a drink (glucose water only at this point), she sucked it down very quickly, which is a good sign (since she has never been a very fast bottle drinker).

The nurses think she’ll leave the ICU either Friday or Saturday; from there she’ll go to a regular care unit in the hospital.

Here’s a picture of Helen with Rachel holding her. You can tell that Helen is not quite herself yet:

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