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Dr. Smith came by this morning to give us great news on Ron's recent echo results. His heart function has increased to 40-45%! This is incredible...awesome...so exciting! The Lord is definitely listening and answering our prayers....he is an Awesome God! We hope to have the last chest tube removed today as well. Dr. Smith is currently trying to get a new A-Line in Ron's arm...still a challenge because he has so much scar tissue in his arteries and veins. She is not giving up though..she is working hard to get it in. Hopefully, once this is done ..he can get up and moved into a chair today. One of his renal doctors also came by and mentioned they will try to take him off one of the dialysis machines he has been on and switch to another machine that will help remove more fluid off of him. They feel he is at a point where he can handle hemodialysis vs the CRRT that he has been on. His creatinin has come down to 2.2..which is great seeing as how he has been lingering in the mid 3 range. Just so everyone knows...a normal creatinin level is 1.5. This is a really good sign that the kidney is trying to come back. He may need to continue with hemodialysis for a while but the doctors say that will be ok to help out his kidney for while and given that the heart function is really improving this will help the kidney as well. Praises and more praises to our wonderful Lord...who has been with us through this all and has made this all possible.
No luck on the A-line....Dr. Smith has worked on him for 15-20 minutes...she wants to give Ron a break. Not sure what else they will be able to do.
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Hello My Dear Friend....I am so glad that Ron is doing better. As always you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. I gave some of the people here at work the webb page, they were very excited. Tell Ron to hurry up and get better. As always I will be checking the page everyday for his progress, because the Lord almighty has a plan, and I know that plan is for him to hurry up and get home to begin his new life with you and Thomas...If you need anything don't hesitate to call. I Love you always!!!!! Dwanda
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