Hello everyone and thank you for your prayers. Michael is still not waking up. We feel he can hear us and does open his eyes a few times a day to someone's voice. But he is opening his eyes not as far and less often than he had been. He does respond a little to pain and a few times a day we have been able to have Michael move just slightly to command, but that has become less. He was moving more in the ICU, so we are praying he begins waking soon.
The unit we moved to is a step down unit and not long term care, so they will be determining where he will be receiving care next. If he begins waking up more, he will be able to stay here longer. Another issue complicating the move is that Michael is still on dialysis and on the ventilator, which limits the places where he can go.
If Mike's kidneys would begin functioning again, in addition to being truly wonderful for the healing of his body it would be really helpful to his lungs (some of the fluid that builds up in his body in between dialysis goes to his lungs), it would make it much easier to find a place for Michael to go. The doctors have been able to stop the drug causing the most potential damage to his kidneys as the adenovirus has cleared from his blood. That change was about a week ago, so hopefully that will help.
So in addition to prayers for Michael to wake up soon, also prayers for the healing of his kidneys would be so appreciated. The white blood and red blood cells have been bouncing around, so we appreciate prayers on that as well. And we thank you for prayers for the care providers as they make decisions.
Thank you for all of the prayers that have been lifted for Michael for his body to heal and our family. And thank you for the meals, visits--we thank you so much!!
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