Resting and Stable

Daddy is resting and stable now. They were able to do the procedure and inserted 2 drains in his abdomen because they found 2 places where fluid was collecting that were not connected. They think that the infection was in the fluid and the fluid may have leaked from the pancreas, but once they remove the fluid and the antibiotics kick in, the pancreas should heal itself. It takes 5 days to get the official lab culture results, the signs seem to be pointing to this fluid as the culprit of the infection. His fever broke during the procedure and his vitals have been stable all afternoon. He said right after the procedure that he feels better already, and the dr. said he should feel significantly better tomorrow. Before all of this started, he was actually hungry this morning, and the endoscopy yesterday showed that his stomach is working like it should, so hopefully tomorrow he will be back on the road to full recovery. He will be in ICU for 3-4 days (i.e. through the weekend) so he can't really have visitors. We understand that there are people who want to visit the family, and we welcome visitors -- the best time is around meal times, when we go down to the cafeteria. Kevin is our point person through Saturday morning, if you want to come visit and need to call someone to find us. Thanks for all the prayers -- we have been really blessed by the support we've received from family and friends, and see God meeting us in this.