Living Related Donor

Evening: CT shows a collection of fluid or possibly gas right in/on the liver. But it is likely just the deteriorating tissue caused by lack of blood flow so there is no reason to do anything invasive. Just more evidence that we need to replace the liver. Mario is sleeping peacefully right now so I'm going to try to get some of my own zzz's.

Afternoon: We had an ultrsound, looks like some fluid might be collecting in there (which would be a cause for the continued infection) so we're headed for a CT soon to see if we can get a good picture of where it is. Reyes is hopeful that we could remove it without opening him up, but possibly do a procedure where they use imaging to see the fluid and go in to pull it out directly through the skin (without an incision).

Morning: I'm having trouble figuring out what/how to write today, so I'll just write it. Israel and I talked to the doctors about Israel as Mario's potential donor. They had already discussed as a team and figured out that we could schedule this for early next week. We need to do what we can to get Mario's infection under control but clearly need to move ahead and replace this liver. Israel is going to meet the UW surgeon asap and Dr. Reyes (he's a big name in doing living donor transplants) will be at UW and then here with Mario for the procedure. Mario still has bacteria, a 3rd antibiotic was added yesterday and his fever was later, shorter and less severe last night, so hoping we're making progress against the infection. Not much else to report today.