Hi everyone! It’s Trina! I thought I would hop on here and give you the update for today (Thursday, 11/2):
Nothing much to update. All things continue to progress well and Donald remains very stable. They placed a feeding tube yesterday to start pushing some nourishment in him, since he is still battling through delirium, he can’t eat or drink (even though he “can”). The delirium is due to lack of sleep (which sounds odd to say) but, the way they described it to me is that, even though he is laying in a hospital bed appearing as though he is resting and sleeping… It’s his brain not getting the actual rest and sleep. That, combined with some thing called metabolic acidosis is creating the delirium. That is a buildup of acidity in his blood that is coming from the liver and kidney failure. Clearly when things stop working, things build up and creates some havoc. He was removed from dialysis yesterday as his kidneys were producing urine… So they are beginning again. As he begins urinating more, that will help to flush toxins out. The delirium has honestly been the toughest part for me. I mean going into this you know there is going to be a big surgery and an even bigger recovery process which is scary in itself, but you are able to wrap your head around all that as it happens. But this delirium part…even though they said it can happen (multiple times) you just can’t prepare for the magnitude of it when you see it. I’ve cried more tears over the last couple days with that, than I have this entire transplant time. It will subside with time. Until then we just have to bear down and wait it out. I went to the hospital early this morning to check in and be there when the doctors did their rounding. Aside from the temporary delirium, ALL is well and for that I am thankful!