Surgery Day

(as dictated by Amy)
Mark is not in a very happy place today. Yesterday morning around 5:30 am his heart stopped beating. They immediately started chest compressions and pushed meds to restart it. Within a matter of minutes, they were able to restore his pulse. The doctor believes that this is due to his blood infection. This is the same infection he had previously, but it was treatable with antibiotics. The infection is now resisting the antibiotics. Kidney function still remains a concern. The doctor says the surgery for today must go on as planned....even though there is great concern about the extra stress this will put on Mark's body. The surgery is scheduled for 8:00 am (Central Time), and we are told it will last several hours. The procedure was explained to us as carefully pieceing together about 54 playing card sized pieces of skin.

On a positive note the college decided to award Mark his degree in engineering based upon his outstanding efforts and grades since he was already close to completion before the accident. CONGRATULATIONS, Mark!!