update

All, I wanted to get out an update on current status. Monday and Tuesday were tough as I tried to recover from the surgery on Monday. A lot of pain and discomfort, and a lot of tubes and wires to deal with. I am not getting a lot of sleep. Wednesday and Thursday were better as my body started to recover and we got the pain under control. Thursday an x-ray showed that the surgery had some good success and space they wanted closed off had closed up and the doctors decided that the leaking from the lung had stopped so they removed two of the four tubes from my chest. This relieved some pressure and some pain. They were also able to remove the epidural, the folio, and one of the IV lines. So the number of wires and tubes that I am connected to are significantly less, which makes it easier to get around. Later in the day the two remaining tubes showed some continuing leakage, so we are not out of the woods just yet, more waiting to see if the lung can heal itself with the smaller leak to work with. So lung removal is still a possibility. The doctors determined my IV port had to be removed due to infection concerns, so back to the operating table this morning. This was a relatively easy procedure, but it meant more cutting and more pain. Now I am recovering from the IV port removal surgery and waiting more on the lung to heal itself. I am getting really tired of being in the hospital. -Eric