God bless. That is some pretty scary stuff.

Get Well Soon! Jo

The latest update that I got this AM from his brother is that his blood preasure is stable now with out medication and his white blood cell count is slowly climbing. His Kidneys and liver are the most concern and they have specialist coming in to look at him today. He is putting up one hell of a fight and we would expect nothing less from him.

Thank you for the updates. Stay Tuff Mark

glad he is stable just talked to kurt, hopefully since its been a few days he will get better each day. I hope he has as much fight in him as he does racing if so I hope he improves, cause he has so much to live for, praying for you mark hang in there you got a lot more racing to do.

God bless it sounds like he is improving ! That guy just has so much energy ! I know he will pull thru. He is a fighter and great competitor. My prayers go out to him ! Jay, Marisa and baby Weston - @ Brandy Pond, Jackson Cove, Naples, Maine.

Some more good news today,

The infectious disease folks have diagnosed Marks infection. It's a
Pseudomonas bacteria. He probably caught it from his hot tub. Mona fought
the disease like a normal person would, but Marks compromised immune system
allowed it to enter his blood stream which caused septic shock (shutting
down his kidneys).

The good new is is that they now know how to treat him. He's producing
urine on his own. They are hoping his kidneys will slowly recover without
the need for dialysis.

thanks jon, thats great to know what it is and that they can treat it now, thanks for the up date.

Hang in there Mark. My prayers go out to ya.

Get well soon both of you. Us Tempest fan need you to kick some more but next year.