Discouraging news from Louisiana

I mentioned on Wednesday that Mike's father (Oscar) had to have surgery for a hernia. Although the surgery went fine, his condition has deteriorated since. Apparently when he got to the hospital he only had 15% kidney function. After the surgery his kidneys have stopped working altogether. Yesterday afternoon they gave him fluids to attempt to jump start them. It was an outside chance and it didn't work. Next they tried dialysis. The ICU doctor called and talked with me yesterday evening before they started the procedure. Normally a dialysis session lasts about 4 hours, but they were only going to do it for 2 1/2 hours. It turns out Oscar was only on the machine for about an hour. His blood pressure kept dropping, so they stopped dialysis and gave him a couple of units of fresh blood. This morning his blood pressure is slightly better, but still very low and still no kidney function. Mike just left to drop DD#2 off for her exam and head to Shreveport. That will be about an 10-11 hour drive. The prognosis is bad. I ask for your prayers and good thoughts.