Bruce Update

Sorry its been a while since the last post. Hope you've all had a Merry Christmas.
Bruce had a bit of a rough day Saturday. His color was pale, white blood count went up and he had a fever again. He responded well to some medications and was looked at by the infectious disease specialist. They decided to install a more permanent dialysis port to cut down on infections. The fever color and white count are all better now.
Here's the basic problem however: After three weeks he is neither better nor worse and we have no good idea why. His breathing is shallow still and he is relying heavily on the ventilator. His responsiveness is better but not normal. (He does respond best to Shelly's voice.) When he is on dialysis (about every other day) they have to be careful that his blood pressure doesn't drop. His heart rate has been over 100 for a while now. But nothing is getting worse.
Because of this, they may be moving him to an acute care facility maybe even this week. The resources of the CCU are not well suited for long term care. PLEASE PRAY FOR AN IMPROVEMENT - or at least a full awareness of whatever all the problems are.