so, the chest tube is out, another x-ray was done to see no air is trapped in there, another x-ray done to check that no fluid was built up over night at 5 am this morning ( she must be quite radioactive by now with these daily x-rays ) and we are waiting for the lung profusion people to open so that we can get that done. we have packed quite a number of bags with all the stuff collected over the last 3 weeks here in the hospital and after a visit to the pharmacy to get his discharge medicines we are driving to our home base in atherton. diana and barry bryan have been fantastic in looking after us and letting us use their home and car! cara was actually discharged yesterday but she chose another night in hospital over having to get another poke / iv inserted for the lung profusion. so she suggested to the team that they can leave her current iv in and she will make sure nothing happens to it overnight, but legally you are not allowed to leave the hospital with an iv, so that plan did not work out. we also had a busy day yesterday as it was a semi public holiday ( presidents birthday ) here and people had time for a visit. susi, bill and lara waibel originating from wehr, germany but living in berkley came and also claus roggensack with clara ( namibian roots ) and mark and patty ( past visitors to progress but from the usa ) and they all cheered us up!
now the challenge remains to see whether there is fluid buildup, so the delicate balance between fluid intake, diuretics and output without loosing too much weight, minerals and sticking to the no fat diet remains. on thursday we have to redo a chest x-ray and check for fluids....so we are holding thumbs!!
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