About 12 hours off life support

It's coming up on 12 hours since Pippa was weaned off the heart/lung machine.

Things are still very precarious. Pippa is making some progress but she constantly requires interventions to balance the divergent aspects of her system, such as arhythmias, blood pressure fluctuations, heart rate fluctuations, oxygen saturation and fluid levels.

The doctors are working hard to keep her stable. The risk is that one of these fluctuations could lead to a cascade of events culminating with cardiac arrest.

It is nerve-wracking to sit and watch.