Ken update

June 22, 2007

Just in from Ken’s CB site (a late

post on a Friday night!!!)

FRIDAY,

JUNE 22, 2007 11:46 PM, CDT

“This morning

the wash out went well. The doctor said he was surprised they found only one

liter of fluid but his LFTs were still elevated. At that time he said he

would wait until Thursday or Friday of next week to determine if he was going

to re-list Ken. During the day they ran additional tests and his LFTs were

even higher than expected and his bilirubin level hit 10. They started Ken on

dialysis to protect his kidneys. His blood pressure and glucose were stable.

The doctor believes Ken’s new liver is failing so he decided this

evening to re-list Ken Status 1A. This we hope will give him a chance to

choose a second liver. Ken is still on the ventilator from this

morning’s surgery, but we all had a chance to visit him in the ICU

several times this afternoon/evening. We realized that the Henshaw family

will not win any awards playing charades…Ken was trying to

motion/signal to us what he wanted since he could not talk, and the three of

us were guessing outloud while Ken tried to shake his head. When we told the

nurse that he was trying to tell us something but we couldn’t figure it

out, the nurse took one look at him wave his hand and said he’s hot.

Ken indicated he hit it right on the nail. We got a pad of paper and Ken

tried to write, and we became slightly better at guessing thanks to his IM

shorthand. We were able to get a few ‘choice’ words from him that

can not be published here, but were vintage Ken. He did ask what was going on

and we told him he was stable and that the doctor was going to look for a

better liver.”

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