Wednesday, February 15th

Will just came back from the OR. It was a long morning.

The surgeons attempted to do just a skin closure, but they quickly realized that he couldn't tolerate it. His lungs couldn't ventilate properly with that much pressure. So, after about 20 minutes they opened up the middle part of his incision to relieve this pressure.

As I expected, Will is back to square one again with his blood pressure medicines. He is on high dosages of epi, dopamine, vassopressin, milrinone, and morphine. If everything goes well, it will probably take another week or so to wean off these medicines.

I haven't been able to talk to Dr. Bove yet, as he has 2 more surgical cases today. When I talk to him later, I should have a better idea of what we should expect for Will.

Will is very fragile right now and we just hope he remains stable over the next several hours.

I'll continue to keep you posted!