The night before last Jameson was given albumin to help pull fluid
out of his tissue spaces into his vascular space. His kidney perfusion
likely improved and he started to pee well for the first time in a long
time. He jumped to over 90ml an hour (he had been in the 20s for a long
while). His kidney function as indicated by his labs (creatine from
1.7 to 1.4 and BUN in the 50s to upper 40s yesterday) showed
improvement. Yesterday seemed like a poke in the right direction, a
reluctant promise, but today.... Creatinine 0.9 and BUN in low
40s...J's kicking some serious can!! The previous couple days he's been
moving basically 0 ml of air on his ventilator- nearly complete
atelectasis of both lungs. Tonight he's been steadily moving over 20ml
and his chest film shows his airways are opening up...promise, hope,
GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!! He must be a son of a gun (ask Dr. Jain), as this
boy's strength certainly eclipses mine by any measure! God willing,
he'll keep marching!
Cheers - the first of many,
Hubs
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