Please Pray...

I am asking for you to all start praying because the doctors are starting to think that Blake does have FSGS even though the biopsy came back negative yesterday for it. I guess that the kidney could have FSGS in partial sections of the kidney and it would not show up on a biopsy. They are still waiting for more results from the biopsy but they don't want to mess around with it. They want to start this process immediately. The unfortunate thing about it is that they have to put a larger line in my brothers neck to start the plasmapheresis (blood cleansing using a machine to remove the patient's blood plasma and replace it with donor plasma), and they will not be able to completely knock Blake out because they don't have an anesthesiologist available to do it. My brother is really scared and worried that he will feel the entire procedure like he did yesterday during the biopsy. He is doing his best to trust the doctors on this because he knows this is for the greater good. Once the line is in they will start the plasmapheresis and they will do it once a day for 5 days. 

Please pray that this will work! My poor brother is feeling so defeated and my mom is just about ready to go down with the stress. She is trying so hard to stay strong, but is really hard when you see your son have to go through all of this and the ups and downs during the day with all the information changing constantly.  We are confident that Blake has the best care he could possibly have and we know the Lord will pull us through this; it is just the things in the middle that are hard.

Thank you for your prayers. I can not express to all of you how much your support means to us during this time.  We love all of you so much!!!