Tuesday, May 12, 2009

May 12, 2009

The past couple of days have been good overall for Mark. After having a bit of a rough day on Sunday, he is back to responding and trying to communicate. On Saturday night/Sunday morning, his temperature had dropped to 35.4 C (95.7 F) and he was placed under the heat lamps again. Also he wasn't as responsive as he had been. His blood pressure was, and continues to be a challenge to keep under control.
It appears that in spite of the "big gun" antibiotics he has been on, there is a new infection. Also, because of the amount of time he has been on the strong antibiotics already, his kidneys are starting to be affected. The course of antibiotics must continue, with the possibility of dialysis if the need arises.
So far, the skin that was grafted onto his leg on Friday appears to be doing well. All is still on track for the placement of the cloned skin next Wednesday, May 20. That's the big day!!!

6 comments:

  1. Mark, keep up the fight. We love you! You have thousands of people praying for your healing. Janet

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  2. Hang in there Mark! We're all looking forward to next Wednesday. You're doing great!

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  3. Mark, remain strong. You are loved by so many which speaks volumes to the kind of man you are. I'll see you on May 20th.

    I love you.

    Mom (Linda)

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  4. Mark,
    I heard you took some steps! I was so excited and proud! You continue to amaze us all! I can just hear you saying "oh yeah, watch this!" You're such a show-off! :-) I'm flying up to see you on the 22nd. I can't wait to see your smile! I love you, Bro!

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  5. Mark,
    I checked out the "site meter" this morning..5,000 visitors in less than one month since your blog was started! Wow, you have a huge following! Lots of prayers and well wishes sent your way..can you feel the love?

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  6. Hey Buddy, Hang in there your doing good so far!! you know you one tough mother so keep up the good work!

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