Our pop is still hanging in there. Jennifer is his nurse tonight and said things have been quiet in the ICU this evening. Pop is on a drip of norepinephrine to maintain his blood pressure, which now looks good, and his heart rate is normal now too. He received his 200 mg dose of itraconazole around 10:00 PM and is physically looking better tonight. The doctors say it takes a typical patient about two days to mostly recover from the trauma of undergoing a tracheotomy. He is still not outputting a lot of fluid volume, but will be undergoing dialysis again tomorrow to help alleviate the problem. The doctors have now installed a new Quinton catheter, the port used for the dialysis, in the other side of his groin. Pop has swelled up pretty good again in these last few days and is in dire need of "de-Michelinization". He would make a good sumo wrestler right now, but the ventilator might get in the way. Sleep tight Channel Man.