Pop continues to slowly improve today. The dialysis treatment was able to remove another 2.8 liters of water and about 0.3 liters of liquid toxins from his system, and he tolerated it well without the need for norepinephrine to raise his blood pressure. His ventilator was set at 75% FiO2 when I was there at 2:45 PM this afternoon and his blood pressure and blood oxygen saturation looked good.

He is continuing to receive daily doses of 200 mg of the antifungal itraconazole, but the lab results are still not back with a positive diagnosis for anything. When we met with Dr. Shelley on Wednesday, he said he was sending urine and/or blood samples to MiraVista Diagnostic Laboratories in Indianapolis for testing for antigens indicative of fungal infections. MiraVista specializes in rapid identification of fungal pathogens that are responsible for diseases like blastomycosis and histoplasmosis.