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Keepin’ On.

It’s been a LONG week. In many ways, I cannot believe it’s only been a WEEK since all this craziness started, and in other ways, i feel like i’ve lost sense of time. And I know for people who are used to staying endless weeks inpatient that that might seem overdramatic, but keep in mind …

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Positive for Growth.

I am getting really sick of hearing those words. “culture in lab is positive for growth”. For the uninitiated, this means Kendall is still sick. MUCH sicker than she’s looking or acting. We are all (nurses, doctors, residents, students) looking at her and going – “HOW is this kid functional?!?!?” As we continue to get …

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The Never-Ending Story.

Ok as an aside – GREAT movie. i highly recommend it. We wore out the Betamax version of it at our local movie rental place when I was a kid. “ATREYUUUUUU!!!!!!”  Ok random stroll down memory lane over. End scene. For those of you who stay up with the daily drama on Facebook, you will …

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SuperPowers.

Kendall had a really good nite in the grander scheme of things. She only needed blow-by oxygen for a couple hours to get her sats (saturation of oxygen in her blood) back into the 90’s.  Heartrate was still elevated all nite, but was staying in the 180 range – nice and far away from the …

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