Day 41

SUNDAY EVENING 10/21
Jeff had to have surgery again on Saturday and we were hoping that they could close the incision. He has another wound VAC, so he is still on the ventilator. He could probably be off the ventilator but because he has to have surgery again on Tuesday or Wednesday they will not take him off the ventilator. On Friday they took him off the 24 hour a day dialysis and has not had to have a dialysis treatment since then. They said he might have to have a treatment tomorrow. His kidneys are working better. He is able to point to letters on a board to communicate with me. His stomach and bowels are still not working. When they took him to surgery on Saturday it was to see if there was any bleeding. They did not find any blood. The surgeon said everything looked pink and healthy. The ulcers in his stomach must be bleeding because the OG tube is still getting a lot of blood out. They say it looks like old blood, but he had to have 2 more units of blood today.