Friday

Luke's heart rate is in the mid-high 160s today, it appears his medication cocktail might be working. The docs are afraid though that he might have an infection because his belly is swollen and his skin is blotchy. They've done cultures at all his tube sites to check for infection. We'll know in 24-48 hours. And Luke's taken a step backwards from getting off dialysis. His creatanin level moved from 0.9 to 1.1.