Things got a bit dicey earlier today, but Pop's dialysis treatment seems to have been effective, at least for the short term. The doctors were able to remove 2 liters of excess fluid from his body and this has helped stabilize his overall condition. His blood oxygenation is very slowly improving again and they have been able to reduce the FiO2 level on the ventilator to 85%. He was given some norepinephrine at the end of his dialysis session to keep his blood pressure at a reasonable level, but that has again been discontinued and his blood pressure levels remained normal at 10:30 PM tonight. Pop was starting to try and take small breaths on his own this evening, but the ventilator is still doing all the work for him. The ICU staff will continue to try to decrease the FiO2 level and reduce the ventilator pressure settings, and resume attempts to wean him from the machine.

The roller coaster is in full motion now. We are hoping for a quiet night and uneventful day tomorrow