Stan's condition continues to slowly improve, but he is still critical. We spoke directly with the kidney specialist today and he said that Stan's kidneys have been heavily impacted, but are functioning as expected for someone in his situation. He also said that his kidneys can fully recover from this type of damage (assuming nothing else happens to stress them further) and that dialysis is not needed at present and he was hopeful that would not change.

The doctors decreased the pressure settings on his ventilator at 1:00 PM (IP 34, PEEP 20 - which is still pretty high) which made his tidal volume decrease to 450 mL. This is a step in the right direction to continue the process of weaning him off the ventilation machine.

Things took an even more bizarre twist when the doctor's announced they had positively diagnosed what was wrong with Stan in the first place. Stan has been diagnosed with measles. Yes, measles! We are unsure at this point what impact this may have on his treatment, but everyone is relieved to know what brought this whole situation on. They have sealed Stan's room and he is currently in isolation, and visitors and staff have to wear masks and gloves when in the room. The medical staff and infectious disease specialists don't seem particularly concerned about communicability because almost all of the general population has been immunized. However, they expect to move him to a negative pressure isolation room in the ICU later today as a standard procedure in these circumstances. Stay tuned for more later!