Good news today! While Pete is still not out of the woods, we did get some very good news today.
His vital signs are all improving. The dialysis treatment seems to be helping him and we were able to run 10 hours so far without any incident. If his vital signs continue to remain stable the next step will be to start weaning him from the ventilator. The nice thing about today is we are done waiting for procedures to get done and actually got something done.
Yesterday we were worried about all of his organ functions and today we know that the heart is functioning very well, the liver is good, there is room for improvement in the lungs, the kidneys are still in failure but are starting to produce urine with the dialysis and at this time we expect full recovery even though it may be a long slow process. There is still a peritoneal infection of GI flora in connection with the original surgery, but we added a third antibiotic.
Like his nurse said when I left for dinner, it will be two steps forward and one step back; some good days and some bad. And this was a GOOD DAY!"
Thank you, thank you, thank you for all your prayers and support!!! It is greatly appreciated.
His vital signs are all improving. The dialysis treatment seems to be helping him and we were able to run 10 hours so far without any incident. If his vital signs continue to remain stable the next step will be to start weaning him from the ventilator. The nice thing about today is we are done waiting for procedures to get done and actually got something done.
Yesterday we were worried about all of his organ functions and today we know that the heart is functioning very well, the liver is good, there is room for improvement in the lungs, the kidneys are still in failure but are starting to produce urine with the dialysis and at this time we expect full recovery even though it may be a long slow process. There is still a peritoneal infection of GI flora in connection with the original surgery, but we added a third antibiotic.
Like his nurse said when I left for dinner, it will be two steps forward and one step back; some good days and some bad. And this was a GOOD DAY!"
Thank you, thank you, thank you for all your prayers and support!!! It is greatly appreciated.
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