• Slow and steady progress. Better today than yesterday
• The doctors don’t feel they need to take any interventions today and that’s actually a good thing. Her kidneys are producing very little urine but rather than jump to dialysis there is time to let nature heal them which is always better than having to intervene.
• They are going to try one more course of a drug today that might help her kidneys to start producing. It operates differently than the previous drugs which no longer seem effective.
• Her daily X-Rays of her lungs is looking very good compared to many of the previous ones. It looks like the decision to move her to the oscillating ventilator was a good and right decision.
• More family visits today which are welcome but tiring.

Baby steps right now, but they are in the right direction. We will all feel better when we have about 96 hours under our belt since Wednesday morning.

We once again broke some new ground here at CHONY. After Faith’s cardiac arrest I went around the PICU thanking everyone involved for their contribution. The one I could not find was Dr. B, I was unfortunately there to witness him performing CPR compressions on Faith, something I would never recommend to anyone. At the time I focused on him and the determination and focus he had to save my baby. It was amazing, they all were. Later that day I ran into him in the hallway, reached out my hand to shake his and thanked him from the bottom of my heart for his dedication, skill and determination. It could have been his child on that bed you could not tell the difference. I also told him I know how difficult and important the chest compressions are. In my younger years I was a volunteer EMT and had the unfortunate opportunity to perform CPR dozens of times. It’s physically and mentally exhausting you have another persons life in your hands and they rely on your skill to do it right. Later in the day we were talking to Dr. K and he told us that Dr. B had approached him because he was so taken by the fact that a parent had thanked him for performing CPR on their child. It had never happened before. Why Not? We should always recognize the skill, contribution and dedication we see in all the people we encounter in life. I know that day I saw many professionals some younger some seasoned who will all one day be very seasoned lifesavers and touch the lives of countless other people. They need to be recognized in an environment that can be both physically and more so emotionally challenging. God Bless them all.

Thank you again to everyone for following and special thanks today to Pam, Jess & Nancy.