Thursday, July 24th

PRAISE! PRAISE! PRAISE! PRAISE! PRAISE! PRAISE! PRAISE! PRAISE! Dave is no longer in ICU!!!!!!!!! He is in a modified intensive care bed. Actually he is still in his same room because they don't have a room available, but the care he is receiving is equivalent to the step down. Dave's white blood count is at 8,400 today, within normal range!!!!!!!!!! Dave was actually given real food to be taken orally! He got broth, jello, a popsicle, tea, and juice. He can only have 2 tablespoons per hour but this is definitely a step in the right direction!! Yesterday he was on SLED for 6 hours before he clotted off a little after 7:00pm. They decided not to restart dialysis even though the goal was 24 hours. They will do HD tomorrow. The orthopedic team had a second x-ray done of Dave's ankle. (The first was done the day after the accident.) We don't have the results back yet but please be praying that the ankle is healing as Dave really doesn't want to have surgery. They x-rayed his lungs twice today because they saw some fluid on the lower lungs. They may need to aspirate the fluid with a needle through his back. Please pray the aspiration won't be necessary. They put one new stitch around each of the 3 tubes still remaining in his abdomen to make sure the tubes were staying secure. Dave's kidneys have started to produce small amounts of urine! Each day he seems to be producing more than the day before. The renal doctors were pleased with this, however, they are still not promising full kidney function. Please continue to pray for Dave's kidneys to regain full function.