Just received the visit from the surgical team and they observed that the leakage from the lower chest tube looked slightly improved. They said that they want to have us continue to wait and basically do nothing. In an effort to minimize medical micro management, the doctor said that they will discontinue daily x-rays and give the body several days to do what it needs to do, then they will x-ray the lungs again after the weekend. He said that sometimes they watch things too closely and make decisions based on little changes; which isn't always in the patient's best interest.
One of them also mentioned that they may call for a physical therapist to come see Luke, because of their concern that he hasn't been mobile in nearly 10 days.
We've gone back to giving him the pain meds every 3 hours, which I think is better; but unfortunately he woke up in a lot of pain after a sleepless night.
As always, thank you for the love, prayers and fasting on Luke's behalf.
KAAL
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Hi Lukerman,
We're going to try an iChat with you tonight.Hope it works.Everyone here is praying for you and a complete recovery. You sure have some nice looking and caring friends.Talk with you soom.
Grandpa
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