Update from Gary 9:00 am Mon. 5/5

Spoke to Gary this morning and Dylan had another good day yesterday. He was very alert & aware and totally breathing on his own with the tube still in his mouth. The doctors said the tube can come out today! Pray he continues to breath strongly on his own. Dialysis continues to remove excess fluids and blood pressure was strong all day. Even after a little incident last night when the nurses were changing the sheets & bathing Dylan, they accidently pulled out his catheter that is in his neck for Dialysis!! They had to stop Dialysis, put in a new one & start him up all over again. Dylan's pressure remained stable and then rose up again for Dialysis. This was a good sign of his body working & not fighting! The Doctor's said it was a blessing in disguise because the port of the catheter can get infected sometimes and it's good to have a clean port. (If you remember, this is the port they could not stop bleeding from for days & Gary said there was not much blood during the change!) They gave Dylan a tiny dose of morphine for the pain which his liver normally has a hard time processing, but it worked like a charm and by 8pm Dylan was alert, instead of wiped out and not feeling much pain.

Today Dylan will continue Dialysis and have the tube removed from his mouth. The doctors said that if his total body blood count stays consistent & strong today they will move forward with the Liver Biopsy tomorrow. Let's continue to pray that every hour Dylan improves and thank God for His Faithfulness! It has been 4 weeks, today, that Dylan's been in UNC Hospital. The family continues to spend 12-14 hours in the hospital a day, so pray that these last 3 days of no setbacks will be a big encouragement as they press on in the Lord's strength. Our prayers and comments on the blog site are greatly being answered & helping the family to face the long road ahead. Thank you dear family & friends ....  Psm. 27:13-14 and Zec.4:6 for today.