by Ty Davison | Nov 5, 2005 | News & Commentary
I spoke with Dad’s nurse, Heather, this morning at 10:45 AM. Dad’s early numbers on kidney function (specifically potassium and creatinine) are slightly improved over yesterday. That means his kidneys are working, and working marginally better than the day...
by Ty Davison | Nov 4, 2005 | News & Commentary
This afternoon we spoke with a doctor from the surgical team and a cardiology resident who is consulting on Dad’s care. Both said reasonably hopeful things, to the point where we’re willing to consider this another “good” day. (Yesterday was a...
by Ty Davison | Nov 4, 2005 | News & Commentary
Dr. Sheppard, a chief surgeon at OHSU, operated on my dad last night from 9:30 to 11:30. I spoke with him at 11:45 PM. The surgery was more successful than we’d hoped, and Dr. Sheppard, who has performed these procedures many times, believes that if all goes...
by Ty Davison | Nov 2, 2005 | News & Commentary
They were finally able yesterday to get Dad off of the respirator and the dialysis machine. By late yesterday/early this morning they felt comfortable enough to do a CT scan (which is hard on the kidneys) to see what was going on inside. The results were not...
