Celebrate the small wins

Post-Op Day 6

Same plan different day. Plasma exchange day 3 for reaction to meds that hit the kidney pretty badly. Good note: testing completed by hematology group show no underlying issues so they signed off of Walkers case. 😀 Blood test for antibodies do not show rejection of the kidney. 😀 Nephrology thinks/hopes the kidney will return in time. Lungs still look ok just very wet so they are going back to continuous CRRT (dialysis) gently pulling fluid off his body. His arms look like “Popeye”.  They plan to do a few more procedures today. Likely trach Wednesday or Thursday. They need him a bit more stable. He is sound asleep.  His skin looks good they keep him spotless. All in all a bit better than yesterday. We have to celebrate the small wins.

We had the pleasure of a visit yesterday by Our pastor, Dr. David Swanson, of FPCO who was visiting a friend of his at the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Swanson had prayed and anointed Walker with the healing spirit of Christ several times in 2019 at the beginning of his illness and prayed over Walker again yesterday. Always great to spend time with Dave!

Please pray for Walkers body to fight all bad germs that come in contact with him. Pray that he has continued positive improvement daily, that his new organs love their new home.

Thank you

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