12 Hours Later...

This all started about 12 very long hours ago. The accident occurred at 6:50 pm so we are in a critical period for him. They are doing everything they can to save him.....which indicates just how horrible this is. He is still very ill but they did have to take him back into surgery. The internal bleeding is still the main problem. The surgeon just came out to report that he is still with us but she was unable to identify the source of all the bleeding when she opened him up this second time. The best case scenario now is that the pelvis sustained more injury than they suspected (since they can't get him to imagining yet) and that the blood is pooling in the back of the pelvis. She explained in very large words how to address that but lets just say that the Interventional Radiology team is on their way to do their thing and look for that bleeding. They can't open him up to get there because the bleeding would be too intense so they will instead go through his leg very similar to an angioplasty. This is hopefully the source and we are praying that this team can quickly identify it as the problem and do their magic on stopping the bleeding. He is not out of the woods and the next few hours are extremely critical. His blood pressure is better and they have put a screw like monitor in his head to watch the pressure on his brain. It was elevated but is now normal so that is a bit of good news for the head injuries. Please pray specifically that the source of the bleeding will be identified and stopped quickly to give him a chance to survive!

I know many of you who have been here have volunteered to donate blood. We appreciate that and know that John would be honored by your acts of donation. We are working with the hospital to coordinate that and will post as soon as we have the details.