Saturday, August 16th

Thank you for your prayers, the procedures yesterday went well and we should get the results for the cultures in a couple of days. Some of the fluid in Dave's abdomen, however, that needed to be drained is very close to his bladder. The lady doing the procedure thought it was too risky, so she opted not to drain that portion. After talking with the trauma team, it was decided that Dave needs to go back down to IR today at 1:30 to get the fluid drained. Please be praying that the procedure would be successful, without any complications. During the entire procedure, Dave will be laying on his stomach, on a board (without any padding). As you can imagine this is very uncomfortable. Dave had a temperature again through the night, but didn't throw up this morning! Despite these setbacks, Dave continues to remain positive and in good spirits.