Tanya's Lung Transplant 12: 8/27/09

Tanya's progress has been very good, she has been doing her breathing exercises and tests with better results every day. Yesterday she got to just above 1000 on her incentive sporometer, and she's also able to cough more and more every day, which is essential to bring up drainage and fluid in the lungs. We haven't gotten out of the icu room yet, because the doctor wants her chest tubes to be off the wall vacuum so she can walk around first before they transfer her to the transplant floor. It can't be much longer now.