Day 76: Why Baseball? He's Back in the PICU

Andrew's room is empty again. Andrew has been taken back to Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) today.  He has spent the last couple of days on a slow building decline with his breathing. He had to start using more oxygen and his oxygen levels continued to decline. His lungs are now showing an increase in fluid build up. He is not on a breathing machine nor is he being sedated. They are in the process of running many tests to find the cause. The suspicion is that it may be heart related and that we are back to the original problem from January with his Pericardial Effusion (fluid around the heart) We will know more within a few hours we hope.

An Empty Rm 366

So, Baseball? Why do we talk so much about baseball? Well, because you lose a lot in baseball. In fact, statistically speaking the greatest hitters in the game are still technically failures. The one sport that being a failure 70% of time can still mean you're a Hall of Fame player. A major league Championship team will have over 50 loses and sometimes as many as 70. Hence, the baseball life is the one of endurance, perseverance, and survival. You just keep fighting it out, putting in the work, and Grindin in out. This is what Andrew is doing right now. He has entered another slump. He's lost a game or two over the weekend series. But the season isn't over. He has to flush it and get back up to bat. So Andrew and The Diamond Dawgs are battling for the season. No Quit! No let up! No Whining! Just Battling every inning. #AlwaysGrindin