Update - Surgery #30

I've fallen behind on the updates. So here's a catch up post.

Yesterday evening dad went to surgery. He got a new set of microsurgeons, and Dr. Duke removed just a little more tissue from dad's right side. Hopefully this time they've taken the last of the infected tissue. Dr. Duke said that the bowel looks good, and today's labs show other improvements as well. His white blood cell count is still good, his liver function has improved (not yet near normal - but there's improvement), and dad is still off of the pressors (even though his blood pressure is a little lower today - somewhat borderline for no pressors). We we'll continue to pray he is able to keep his blood pressure up.

This morning one of the staff members woke mom up and told her that they needed her back in dad's room. She's always scared when she gets a request like this, however today was good news. When she got back there she saw that they had dad SITTING UP IN A CHAIR! She has not had the opportunity to look straight into dad's eyes since before the accident. She was just so surprised that he was able to sit. Of course this is a special chair (to me it kind of looks like one you would find in a dentist office), and he was strapped in so he wouldn't fall out, but he was able to sit there for almost 3 hours (not awake all of that time, but drifting in and out). After 3 hours he was exhausted and seemed quite uncomfortable so they moved him back to his bed. Now he's sleeping very hard - the chair completely wore him out.

Surgery nor dialysis are scheduled for today, so this cold, rainy, Sunday can be his day of rest.