Saturdy 09/12/09
Jason was the night nurse and said Mike was doing pretty good. It's funny that all of the ICU nurses say that. It is also good that they are still able to shed a positive light on things. Michael has a fever and his white count is elevated. (13.7, up from 10.3 yesterday) The grafts on the cheeks are still under scrutiny and they have kept Mike heavily sedated and did not do the sedation holiday due to the face grafts. There has been a lot of suctioning for the voluminous amount of secretions from Mike's lungs. The rest of his lab work is about the same, with slight improvement in electrolytes but his kidney function and glucose levels are pretty good.

So in short, he's pretty good...holding his own, status quo (for the extent of his injuries)

Jason can't wait for Mike to get better and see some of his personality peek through! ( I told him that Mike was a "talker")

Mom and Chris were with the inspectors yesterday. I guess there are beautiful hardwood floors in Mike's side. I put in my two cents worth and said they should use throw rugs and keep the hardwood. Didn't talk to Bette yesterday (oh yes I did, but she was in the middle of something) but I believe she's going back to Salt Lake today.

More later,
and so we go
JaCee