Quick update - CT Scans came back negative of his lungs and sinus's. His kidney numbers (there are numerous numbers they track but the one of interest is Creatinine) started coming down this morning and is continuing to drop this afternoon. Why - as usual with Mitch nobody knows why, but we will take it. Because the Creatinine number is dropping they canceled the kidney biopsy and will continue to monitor this number. Normal range for Creatinine is .8/1.2 Mitch's hit 11.7 yesterday and came down to 10.2 this morning and is now 8.6. So, it looks like his kidneys are starting to work through whatever was wrong with them. They will continue to track this number closely.
They did the muscle biopsy this morning. They took the biopsy out of his right bicep - they had to cut him open, dig into the muscle and then pull it up and cut a section of muscle. It took 4 stitches to close the wound. Accroding to the surgeons (real quick look) everything looked ok but pathology is now looking at it and running all the needed tests. It usually takes a good 24 plus hours to get any type of reports back from the biopsy.
They plan to bring him out of the coma and off the breathing machine around 4pm today.
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Flygare family! Thank you for keeping us updated so regularly. We are so grateful that you are all well and able to be there and support Mitch. You are really amazing to go through so much and to be so positive. Your family is such a great example of patience and love. The Vernon family.
ReplyDeleteYay! Love to see that creatinine level coming down! That is a good thing:) It's amazing to see the photos of the young people you posted, I can feel the love :) ((hugs))
ReplyDeleteKristin