As I explained to Emily today, Chris has hit a bump in the road but it is not really a "bad" bump. Chris's kidney function has dropped quite a bit so the nephrologists have decided it would be prudent to start Chris on light dialysis to filter the toxins that have build up in his body. Both the kidney doctor and the surgeon feel this will be a temporary thing and that Chris will feel much better because of it. They continue to wean him from the nitric oxide and other meds and he is tolerating that well. Chris is awake while we are in his room, and will respond to questions I ask him. Hopefully they will be able to remove the vent before the weekend-that would be wonderful. Keep the thoughts and prayers heading to St. Mary's-they are helping!

Evening update: They should have Chris off of the nitric oxide sometime tonight which is great. Once that is off and he tolerates it they can then begin to turn down the ventilator. He started dialysis around 9pm tonight. Hopefully tomorrow he will just generally feel better. He has been very alert-gave a thumbs up for the UK basketball victory and for some of the election results. All in all things are going well. MJ