"An absolute must-read for all healthcare providers and parents alike." - Stefanie Gauguet, MD, PhD, Pediatric Intensive Care Physician

This is the true story of a four-year-old girl with a life-threatening illness, the desperate fight of her doctors to keep her alive, and her family’s navigation of life-changing events. It offers a rare glimpse into the inner workings of a large hospital’s pediatric intensive care unit, and the ability of a family to overcome unexpected changes.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• FOREWORD
• PREFACE
• CHAPTER 1 Imminent Obscurity
• CHAPTER 2 Katie
• CHAPTER 3 Going to the Hospital
• CHAPTER 4 Boston Emergency Department
• CHAPTER 5 Seven South
• CHAPTER 6 A Dubious Reprieve
• CHAPTER 7 Losing the Fight
• CHAPTER 8 Devastated
• PHOTOS
• CHAPTER 9 Storm Clouds with the Press and Visions of Katie
• CHAPTER 10 The Funeral
• CHAPTER 11 The Start of Recovery and Seeking the New Normal
• CHAPTER 12 Winter of Our Discontent
• CHAPTER 13 Glorious Summer
• CHAPTER 14 John and Cheryl
• CHAPTER 15 The Lilac Project
• CHAPTER 16 Pneumonia, Again
• CHAPTER 17 How We Coped
• APPENDIX
• ABOUT THE AUTHOR