Sgt Courtney Gale

Courtney remains in the ICU of St. Mary's today and continues to make gradual improvements; however, as the old adage goes, she seems to take "two steps forward, one back." With that in mind, there has been a small improvement with her kidneys, but she still requires dialysis. Although her lungs generally look good according to the doctors, this past Friday she had fluid drained from her left lung. Over the past week, Courtney has been trying to communicate with us and seems agitated, but we can only understand her intermittently. Nonetheless, we are pleased that she did get some restful sleep this weekend.