7/16/09 10:30pm

It's been a long but good day. We had 2 significant medical milestones today. First was the restart of the dialysis machine. As we mentioned that again went off without a hitch. Second was that Jenna was moved from a ventilator for super duper sick kids to a ventilator for really sick kids. That too went well. Both were somewhat tense to watch for parents, but the pros here just put their gameface on and do their jobs. They have also been able to reduce some medicines. These transitions indicate Jenna's body continues to improve in small ways. Jenna's body is taking baby steps toward retaking the workload from the machines and medicine.

Jenna's kidneys have basically shut down at this point. Some of that has to do with the use of dialysis and some of that is simply that they have been damaged. The docs tell us that over the longer term Jenna should regain adequate kidney function, but the length of time to get from here to there (and what there really looks like) won't be known until it actually happens. So, if you are a prayerful person, we request you say prayers of thanks for the healing that she is currently experiencing and targeted prayers for the return of normal kidney function. We look forward to reporting that the kidney have fired back up much faster that the docs anticipate or can fully explain. EXPECT GREAT THINGS! Over and out from Jenna's ICU room.
Many Thanks!! ---Luke, Missy & Jenna