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Argh!

Glad he is somewhat better.


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Marky is in my thoughts and prayers, along with you and your family Mark...

It sounds as though he is responding well to treatment, and that you and he are in good hands!

May the good news continue!!!

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Thank God it sounds like you've got some good doctors.
 
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Glad he's improving! Hope you and the family are doing okay with all the sudden stress and worry that this has surely brought.

Will this change the treatment plan for his underlying kidney issue?


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Marky was moved from ICU to a regular room.

The nephrologist here is working with his nephrologist at home. No planned changes to the treatment except adding blood pressure control.

He's talking up a storm right now. Seems to be his old self. Just waiting for him to try to kick us out of his room.
 
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Very nice.


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Glad to hear it.



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Such great news. I can only imagine the relief you all feel.

Whew!
 
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So glad to hear he's acting like himself again. You must be so relieved!
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Here's to him getting better each day.

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Good to hear!
 
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Marky is still in the hospital. They can't seem to get his blood pressure where they want it without IV medication. They are trying to control it with oral meds that he can take at home but so far nothing seems to be working properly.

Yesterday was a perfect, boring, uneventful day at the hospital.
 
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Didn't they just come out with a shocking new study (which seems to happen every week) that challenges the long-term belief that a low-sodium diet can lower blood pressure? Yah, here it is Low-sodium diet might not lower blood pressure This came out only month-and-a-half ago.



This actually makes sense. For a small subset of the population that has a kidney disorder, high salt can raise BP. For the majority, it's the opposite. You see, when your system gets low on sodium, your kidneys react to that state by retaining water, so you don't pee out too much more sodium, which makes things worse. What does all that extra water do? Raise your BP.

It's a simple test.. If you have high BP, go nuts with a bag of potato chips, heavily salt things, and check your BP throughout the day for about a week or so.

The whole salt raises BP thing was another small study that was extrapolated out to the general population.


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Wow
Prayers Sent.



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Just seeing this now. Very sorry to hear. All the best.


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Continued prayers for Marky, and for your whole family.

A boring day at a hospital is a good day in a case like this.

May you be blessed with doctors of the highest quality.


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They're moving Marky back to ICU. His blood pressure isn't responding to medication. They said it's not unexpected and mostly precautionary.
 
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Continuing to pray for answers. I know it's hard, but I hope you and Shirl are getting some rest.




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Children's Hospital is awesome. One of the nurses came to sing with Marky.

 
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That video is outstanding Smile...I'm still keeping Marky and the whole clan in my prayers...plus the outstanding care givers there.

May God continue to strengthen and bless each of you as the doctors and staff get this sorted out and under control.


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Keeping Marky & you guys in my thoughts & prayers. He's in some of the best hands in the US, if not the world.



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