September 12, 2010

Family, Friends,
It's way too early to be jubilant, but Will showed the first signs of stability today. When the heart/lung machine was lowered down (a daily test), his heart clearly showed 'take over' signs. Still way too weak to do the real thing, but the recorded activity is hugely encouraging.

Also, the condition of his lungs did not deteriorate; meaning that the amount of fluid in there didn't increase. The swellings in his face, arms, hands, legs and feet are slowly but visibly decreasing. All together a clear and direct result of the continuous dialysis.

Will's medication was adjusted again, specifically the sedation part. Reason: they don't want to risk "hooking" him on any of the very addictive sedatives. So - good news. But again, no reason yet to get too excited. He's still marked as in critical condition.

Believe it or not, but we can 'read' that Will is more comfortable in his current condition. His determined body language and more relaxed look upon his face are evidence to us that he has clearly accepted this fight and that he is hanging in there with all his might. We told him that this is the biggest deal of his life, and that he better close it this time!

Marianne is a little bit less shaky after an overwhelming, and rocky 5-day emotional roller-coaster. She wants to let you know that she's grateful for all your support and asks everyone to pass the link of this blog on to other friends and/or relationships, who don't know yet about Will.

We hope that everyone understands the need for privacy in this situation, since Will is in no circumstance to accept any other visitors than direct family members. We have clear and stringent instructions from the doctors to keep the amount of visits at a minimum to give his heart the rest it needs to recover.

Resume for now:
Will is far from 'out of the woods', and unexpected complications may arise.
But the amount of technology, care and most of all the 'Will-Power!' is there to win this battle. We believe in it.

Please keep on posting your comments to keep Will, Marianne and family going.
Thank you.