The place looks like a circus!! <grin> This morning, Aunt Peggy, Uncle Joe and Uncle Larry (Jack's brothers and sister) from Virginia arrived, along with Uncle Don and LaFaitha from Douglasville, and Sandra's niece, Devon, from Talladega, AL. We have LOTS of help....... a good thing!!
Now, the REALLY good news!! Sandra and I spoke with Jack's surgeon, Dr. Snyder, this morning. He's very pleased with Jack's progress. He says that Jack's kidneys are starting to work (wonderful news!), and he'll probably be off the kidney dialysis machine either tonight or tomorrow morning. Most of the IV's are being stopped later today, except for the sedative that's necessary for the breathing machine, the feeding tube, and the other drugs he need to continue to fight any infection. Even the breathing machine is going to be removed either tomorrow or Monday!!! This is all VERY GOOD NEWS!!!!!
We asked why he had been given so much blood in the past few days. Dr. Snyder says that when blood is used in normal body functions, the kidneys tell the bone marrow to make more blood. Without the kidneys telling the marrow to make replacement blood, then we have to facilitate the body's ability to do that by giving him blood plasma or platelets, depending on what the body needs. Now that the kidneys are starting to work, there shouldn't be any need for him to be given more blood.
We're very excited about all of this, and hope that Jack continues to improve over the next several days. We'll update later today, and look forward to hearing from any of you that might want more details.
Have a wonderful weekend!!!!
Chip
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