A parent’s worst nightmare… A few weeks back we heard a “low drain alarm” going off in our son’s room around 2 AM—these happen very frequently on the type of dialysis our son is on (it could be up to eight times a night!). His dialysis works by fluid going into his peritoneal cavity (in his abdomen), sitting there, and then being drained back out an hour or so later. If not enough fluid comes back out, an alarm goes off and we have to adjust his position to get the rest out. Just like any other