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Whitney Copeland (4:12PM PST, Sunday, 2/6/22) The Doctors from the PICU and the burn care team met earlier this week and determined it would be best to keep Pepper intubated (breathing tube) and heavily sedated since she would be going to the OR daily this week. This would allow them to sedate her and keep her medicated more often to keep her out of pain. One of the PICU doctors who shared with us that the resilience and motivation she is showing is outstanding for a girl in her situation spoke up and was an advocate for her. He loved that Pepper was cheering Krew on from his wheelchair to take a few more steps. He saw a glimpse of motivation from her that he didn’t want to see tainted if the breathing tube stayed in place for days. He also mentioned how mature she is and wanted to allow her the chance to have a say in being intubated for 5+ days. We really appreciated this, as did Pepper. She contemplated it and decided that if the anesthesiologist decided that medically she needed i