Friday, August 17, 2007

Good News

I am very hesitant to post this, but I just talked to Jeff's nurse and his dialysis seems to be working according to his recent lab values! He also is down from 100% ventilator to 35% ventilator settings. His blood pressure is still a big issue, but things are looking better. I know that this could just be another "up" before a "down" but I wanted to let those of you know who are praying that he isn't as critical as he was yesterday.

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Friday - 5:26 a.m.

As of this morning, they THINK based on his first laboratory values, that they might see a trend towards fluid being pulled off. One lab is good, the other is not great, but they will know more in 6 hours. His vitals are fine. The only problem now is that he has become very dependent on the Dopamin. They are wanting to wean him off of it today, but everytime the nurse tried to last night, his blood pressure dropped extremely fast and dropped very low. Just a quick post before I work.

Melissa