Update 9:00 AM from Gary

Just spoke to Gary and Dylan had to have dialysis yesterday because his kidneys are only functioning at 10% and the doctors need them to be at least at 20%. He is scheduled for dialysis MWF of this week. They had to give him medicine before dialysis because his Blood Pressure was low and they were able to stabilize it with medicine. Dylan's liver enzymes & billy rubin counts continue to go up! The doctors are frustrated & hope to find a course of action today. The Liver biopsy may be back on because of this either today or tomorrow. No one is sure yet. You can only imagine if the doctors are getting frustrated, just how the Shugart's must feel even as they Trust in God to provided. (If you have not visited yet, please pray about making an effort to visit this precious family. They need the human comfort & encouragement.) 

Dylan's stomach started building back up with fluid and they don't know why, so they put the NG Tube (feeding tube) back in through his nose into his stomach. Dylan is still on a liquid diet, but the NG Tube can also be used to stuck up the fluid from his stomach through the NG tube in his nose. It is helping, but not a fun process. The back pain was really bad yesterday & they'll be looking for some relief today. The 5-6 good days seem to be gone in 1 set back day. Continue to lift up everyone & especially Wisdom from above for the doctors in finding a course of action to take to fight this Graft vs Host disease which they believe is causing a lot of the problems.

On a Praise Note: Gary's Dad passed the heart stress test & they sent Paw-Paw home to be watched carefully yesterday! Thank You, Lord! Press on Prayer Warriors, press on. Gal.6:9-10