Today sweet Kellyn excelled. Much more of her old self even while fighting off the discomfort of her chest tube. The most exciting development was what appears to be a substantial reduction in her fluid draining from her chest tube. What was at a level of about 300 on Saturday dropped to 80 on Sunday. Then back up to 120 yesterday. Today she is on pace of about 30 - much closer to an acceptible level. Should this stabilize at a low level they will confirm that fluid is not building up in the chest cavity with a chest x-ray and if it looks good the tube is pulled. The final step is having an echo to check heart function and she can be discharged. Staff estimates that if these things fall in line we could be out of the hospital by the weekend.
The outstanding piece with all this is the level of concern with the build up of chyle I mentioned in an previous post is signficantly reduced. All in all - really great day.
Spent a lot of the day interacting with Kellyn. This included reading books and lots of walks in the stroller (including a sweet trip to the outdoor playdeck for some sun).
Observation of the day on hospital happenings - what is with the level of interest from patients on Court TV - you know the ones with the celebrity judges. Seems like every patient room, waiting room or lounge has folks watching one of these shows? I don't get it. I really don't.
We won today - now we are resting up to wrestle tomorrow to the ground!
2 comments:
Scott - Thank you so much for updating the blog daily. I love hearing how Kellyn and the rest of you are doing... The good news is awesome! Wish I was there to give you all hugs. Love you guys - Julie
I await your updates daily. Keep up the good work, although so often they bring tears to the eyes. You guys are so tough! Prayers are the answer but still the question of why? Love and Hugs to all
Russ and Margy
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