"...Well, I got better..." Forgive the dark humor/movie quoting over here because I believe that's what Micah would do, probably with gusto! We took a step in the right direction today, Micah officially started dialysis! In the simplest terms, this is the moment we’ve
Hold on to your butts...yesterday was a doozy. Micah is settled in the cardio-thoracic ICU and resting after what can only be described as a rollercoaster of a day, yesterday. He’s still not fully “awake” yet and he remains on the ventilator, but even in this in-between state,
Micah is out of surgery and it went extremely well!! The surgeons were able to repair the damage from the previous procedure and successfully place a new line for dialysis. There was minimal bleeding, and he only needed two units of blood, which is far less than anyone expected going
If there was ever a time to pray, hope, and send every good thought and vibe into the universe, it’s right now. They just wheeled Micah back to surgery to repair his carotid artery. The team is doing everything they can to avoid opening him up any more than
Today, we truly believed we were preparing to say our final goodbyes. Everything pointed toward there being nothing more the team could do, and we were trying to make peace with that reality. But then things shifted. Over the weekend, Micah improved quite a bit on his own, small but
Today was one of the hardest days of Micah’s journey. Early this morning, we received a call that something had gone very wrong during a procedure he needed in order to start dialysis. We rushed to the hospital immediately. When we arrived, the doctors told us they were preparing
Essentially, we need him to wakey, wakey, eggs n' bakey... I wanted to share a little more about what’s going on with Micah and why he still isn’t waking up. His biggest struggle right now is something called hepatic encephalopathy. His liver is too sick to filter
Today brought a little more hope, and honestly, we’ll take every bit of it. The big goal right now is getting Micah strong enough to breathe on his own, and the team is aiming to try extubating him tomorrow. That alone feels huge. They’ve been working hard to
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