I called this morning to get an update on Dad. It sounds like he's taken a few steps backwards. They had to reintubate (place the breathing tube back in) and put him back on the ventilator. He just wasn't able to do all the breathing on his own. His blood pressure continued to stay low so they had to max out his one medicine he was on and restart the second medicine again. His blood pressure has stablized for the time being. They have decided to start him on dialysis which will start tomorrow. We always knew dialysis was in his near future but it was just a matter of when it would be started. They have placed a feeding tube so they can start giving him some nutrition. He spiked a fever overnight so they are culturing everything possible to see if there is another infection and where it is coming from.
I will let you all know when I learn anything new. Keep the prayers coming!
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