Worst nightmare comes true

Peter Gutterman · Tuesday at 4:22 PM

Herman said:
She's currently stable.
Yesterday, one of the tubes from her shunt (surgically inserted for dialysis) was found to have shifted a little too far into her heart, and it was retracted to its proper position under mild anesthesia. The filters on the dialysis machine were also replaced, so yesterday was another stressful day for the parents.
Today, only her catheter and an IV were removed, so today felt a kind of rest day to them.

Probably next week the dialysis machine will be switched off for one day when the medicine after two weeks should be at the peak of strength and then a blood sample will be taken and the machine switched on again... the blood analysis will take about a week.
So, all going well, they will certainly spend the next two weeks on the ICU.

I continue to hold her, her family and yourself up in prayerful contemplation daily.

Peter Gutterman · Tuesday at 4:30 PM

lately, and in the past, I have had the experience of being grateful for just making it from one day to the next. As in "Phew. Made it through that one. Still here. On to the next." Sometimes it's the only way through. I know the drill. I have Maia, her family and yourself on my list.

Pete

Herman · Tuesday at 4:46 PM

Peter Gutterman said:
lately, and in the past, I have had the experience of being grateful for just making it from one day to the next. As in "Phew. Made it through that one. Still here. On to the next." Sometimes it's the only way through. I know the drill. I have Maia, her family and yourself on my list.

Pete

Thank you Pete, and to all those who have expressed their compassion and support or are silently following.