Sunday, July 18, 2010

Amazingly, one night after receiving the first nutrition, Skip's digestive system showed the first signs of functioning. When the sedation weakened Skip began to respond to questions with nods of the head, momentary partial eye openings and general awareness. He also showed considerable discomfort so the nurses upped the sedative dosage again and he went back to sleep.

The staff here is superb and very thoughtful and welcoming to Skip's whole family for which we are really grateful. It looks like it's going to be a long journey between now and achieving the ending of the sepsis state of the infection and the reactivation of the kidneys. Doctors and nurses all seem to think that the kidneys will eventually begin to function again.