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Subject:MOD Mike Collum Wednesday night status
From:David Beierl
Date:Thu, 5 Nov 2009 01:05:42 -0500

Mary said:
>Found the problem with the bleeding, there was an artery in his stomach that
>was gushing as the doctor put it and they were able to get the bleeding
>stopped. Gave him about 5 more pints of blood, gave him some anti
>seizure meds, put him to sleep this morning and dialyzed him and
>removed 3 liters of fluid.  Will do the same procedure  the morning
>because the toxins in his blood was so high.  He will get one more
>pint of blood tomorrow and hopefully that will be all he
>needs.  They did find some bleeding in the brain and are working on
>that issue as well.
>They told me yesterday that it would be a good time to call the family to
>come home.  Our kids are all here with me and his was happy to see them.
>He is still very sick but things look much better today than
>yesterday. Tomorrow will be a better day.
>Mary