update

Caroline has not changed much since Todd's last post. She is sleeping peacefully and has not been awake at all today. I suppose it is for the best, because she has a ventilator in and it is probably unpleasant. Todd just finished reading some Little House on the Prairie to Caroline. We have been playing her CD (ugh!) and talking to her a lot today.

The NY State Health Department has been notified about the potential Infant Botulism case; they are now hounding the PICU for "a specimen" to determine if this is in fact botulism. The doctors here are all saying that this is a classic presentation of infant botulism, so we are hopeful that this is so. The other potential causes of Caroline's illness are genetic and enzymatic disorders, which are much more complicated to treat (if they are treatable at all). We are praying that Caroline produces her specimen soon so that we can find out if this is botulism.