Sun, March 15th thru Wed March 18th

He spent four days in the ICU at Byrd Regional Hospital and the first few days were the same. He had dark urine, abnormal kidney function (dangerously high) and abnormal liver labs. He was also severely dehydrated. The CT there had shown liver damage and fluid in his abdomen. His blood pressure was very irratic and unstable in that it would stay low and occassionally fall in normal range but never was consistent. He was nauseas and by day 4 he was vomiting in the night and the next day. He still had not eaten much of anything nor was drinking fluids. They basically kept filling him full of fluids however he could not excrete them as fast as they were going in. By day 4, he was retaining a lot of fluid and was swollen on his legs, ankles, arms, abdomen and face. We were concerned but were told by the staff that they would get him into a regular room and have some physical therapy started to help his body absorp the fluid. When we asked what has made his kidney and liver fail, we were told the trauma from the fall and then him not eating or drinking causing dehydration made the kidney start and then the liver followed. They also told us he had to start eating so his liver could begin to repair itself. Most of this later we found out was pure rubbish!