Update on William Offutt - 7/11

Lucy Offutt sent this message tonight:  "Wanted to update you on Wild William's escapades (weak attempt at humor in face of disaster). His BP and heart rate have been very low on a regular basis for months now, but continues to get worse. He has been falling (face first every time) on at least a weekly basis. His BP crashes several times a week and the new cardiac dysrhythmia causes him to actually lose his peripheral pulses - not good! He is confused when this happens or he simply roams the house during the middle of the night and winds up falling and with no memory of the event. He has permanent hypoxia brain injury at this point. We finally got his primary care doc to manage his meds better and were also able to have his cardiac surgery moved up. He was supposed to have surgery in the latter part of August, but today, the surgeon had a cancellation and was able to schedule William for surgery next week. We will be leaving for Presby Dallas Wed. afternoon for pre-ops Thursday and surgery Friday. Please pray that the doctors can find the reason for the problems and eliminate them so he can live a bit longer.  We have missed being able to be with our brothers and sisters."