Transplant List

9:15 p.m. Update from Tonja;....Michael is not on the transplant list YET...they need him to heal a little more so HIS doctor has said that they will continue to re-evaluate him. The doctor also said that he is not giving up and that he intends to do whatever has to be done to get Michael well......I LOVE DR. BURKHART!!!!!!! so now lots of prayers for continued strength and healing for Michael.

7:30 p.m. URGENT PRAYER REQUEST: Tonja is with Mike. He is awake. Head surgeon took Mike off the list and threatened to unplug him. His liver functions need to improve, he's been receiving all sorts of meds. We need to pray him into improved breathing and improved heart function. It has been improving. He needs that artificial heart! Everyone on the team said he was good for the transplant, social worker came in approved it too...then another surgeon came in and took him off. Tonja needs strength to battle the surgeons! Will post further details. Give me a few. I'm drained. Mike is fighting with everything he has. He indicated to Tonja he is not ready to give up. Let's keep up the fight for him.

5:30 p.m. Mike has been put at top of the transplant list! Thank You God! This means they can put in an artificial heart until they can get him a heart! Thank You God! Tonja needs 3,000 ASAP-has to establish residency immediately to stay on the transplant list. This will also allow her to get the funding to pay for Mike's care. THANK YOU! Keep Praying!! Will catch everyone up shortly.
When they put the artificial heart in, Mike will be mobile, but will have to stay in Minnesota while he awaits his new heart. After his transplant, he will need to stay in Minnesota while he is followed and observed. Tonja will need to be with him to assist and support. The artificial heart and the new heart, will allow Mike to have an almost normal life and allow him to do things he hasn't done in many years. Most important, it gives his four children a daddy and Mike is one of the best Father's ever!

3:30 p.m. Tonja was sitting with Mike telling him she could not make this decision. She asked Mike what he wanted. Up to this point there had been no response from him. Mike squeezed Tonja's hand & brought his to her chest. He tried to open his eyes but he has a lot of meds in him. He began moving his body. Later, when Tonja told him she was going to go get coffee, he abruptly turned his head to her. He is not ready to give up...Urgent Prayers; Please pray that Mike is a viable candidate for heart transplant and that the transplant team can get him a heart.

2:10p.m. Update from Tonja; "Some new updates....if the heart is not working on its own 2moro morning we will be taking him off of the machine and he will pass away.....BUT....the doctor is pushing the transplant team hard to get him a transplant...then he would only have to be hooked up until they got a new heart for him. So we need heavy prayers that he is a viable candidate for a heart transplant"