Day 10

Thank you God for touching R and keeping him through the night! R's little body has gone through so much in the past 24 hours. God's creation of the human body is amazing.

Through dialysis, some of the fluid was drained from his tissues, and he looks much better in his face. However, too much vascular fluid left his body overnight and this morning his heart rate soared and his blood pressure dropped. The doctors added fluid and blood products to help correct this. He has stabilized in many areas as of this evening. His oxygen levels are good. His heart rate is good. His blood pressure is a little high, but not terrible.

Those are all the goods for the afternoon. The not so good is that he has a virus in his lungs. It is a virus that they cannot give him medication for, his body needs to heal itself. I was told that he will be on the ventilator for several weeks because of this illness. He cannot fight off the sickness like our bodies can because his immune system is so depressed. (He is on anti-rejection medications for his new organs and this suppresses his immune system.)

R continues to be sedated and on a medication that paralyzes him. He is on the oscillating ventilator but they discontinued the dialysis for this evening. They may put him back on tomorrow morning depending on how he does for the night.

Thank you for all the encouraging words and phone calls over the past 24 hours. Thank you for coming to the hospital when we needed you. Tim and I have been so blessed by all of you. We are so grateful to all of our prayer warriors out there!