Mike Jensen:  Improved.  Moving to UCI Burn Center.

According to Rick Rucker, a friend and Pulmonary MD:

12:30pm

They decided to take Mike to the OR today to re-examine the abdomen.  Obviously they thought he was stable enough to go [to the burn center] today.  He went to the OR earlier to recheck his bowel and everything seemed to be OK – bowel looked healthy with no more bleeding.  They closed up the abdomen and have no plans for further surgery there.  They also cleaned up his burns and reported deep partial thickness burns at 25% and superficial burns at 15%.  Everything else seems to be doing well.  He is just the guy who may beat the odds.

6:30pm

Mike left for for UCI burn center around 5:30 [pm].  Doing well otherwise.  Much better than last nite!

Mike has received about 30 units of blood.

According to Ryan Autrey:

According to Ryan, who had the opportunity to talk with the FireFighter who pulled Mike from the plane, Mark was sitting in the co-pilot seat (why is that not a surprise) and Jensen was in the rear of the plane on the right.  Mike was bent over with his head between his knees breathing about 4 breaths per minute.  Also, it was reported that he was talking (why is that not a surprise either).

An email from Frank Schroeder:

Freddies,

Rarely do you get to witness first hand an out pouring of love and support. I was fortunate enough to see that today and I wanted to thank you guys for the opportunity.

My wife Linda and I decided to take off of work early and head down to Memorial to give blood as recommended by Martin. When we arrived, the waiting room was standing room only! Freddies and family as far as the eye could see. A sign in list that was almost exclusively for Mike. Wow factor was high.

As we finally made it to the back to give, I asked the phlebotomist if they were always this busy. She said “No, never. Maybe after 9/11, but even that tapered off quick”. I was stunned, but not surprised.

You should all be very proud. Your a great group of people and Mike is very blessed to have you.

Frankie

We’ll continue to pray for Mike’s recovery.

Please donate blood if you can:
Blood Donor Center
2801 Altantic Ave, Long Beach
(562)933-0808

Donor Center Hours:
M.W.F: 8:30am-4pm
T.Thr: 10am-5:30pm