So right now we are focused on rewarding Kirk. He should be back to normal temperature tomorrow. His ICPs are stable on the 0.5 mg/Kg/hr of pentobarbital. We did try to lower it earlier but his ICPs came up just above 20. We are also trying to get some water out of his body. This is done with a dose of albumin followed by lasix. I can already see some reduced swelling in his hands and feet. He is wearing boots now to force his ankles to 90 degrees as they were dropping and stiff. He has not had the neck ultrasound yet. That is scheduled for tomorrow. The last thing really happening today is checking to make sure he does not have a reaction to heparin. He is showing signs in his blood work that he might be so they will verify that before they increase his dosage. If he does show a reaction, there are other drug they can use for the anticoagulantion.
If there aren't any significant changes I won't put up another update until tomorrow.
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