11PM Dr. Healey came by just now (I swear these doctors live here) to check on Mario. He said he's really happy with his liver numbers, he's been really stable. They are giving him heparin to increase his PTT (basically making it so his blood clots slower than "normal"). This is done to ensure that the hepatic vein doesn't clot off again. They have to balance between that and making sure he doesn't bleed (or "spring a leak") elsewhere. His other blood numbers look stable, so he's happy they have the balance and will continue to monitor this closely.
As I said this afternoon, we'll know more when we do that ultrasound in the morning to check the flow. So, that's our main goal at this point. Once we do that, we'll start talking about getting his breathing tube out, etc.
5PM Well, the post op ultrasound shows the vein flowing again. Hopefully, they caught the clot in time. Tomorrow morning they'll do another ultrasound to see how it looks. For now, we wait. The liver was proving to function fine, as long as the blood flow wasn't compromised too long we should be okay. Think positive! I'll write more tmrw.
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Garden of d'Lights December 2010
13 years ago
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Sorry to hear about the little set back. I cannot begin to imagine what you and Israel are going through emotionally but as others have said, you are such great parents and such a great inspiration! Hang in there! As always, thinking of you!
Mary and Jody
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