Day 9 - Friday

We had the discharge papers in hand, but didn't make it out the doors. The doctors reviewed her chest x-ray from this morning and found that she has a right pleural effusion (fluid around lung), so there is no home today. At least a few more days according to Dr. Hill. Her IV had already been removed and they were literally getting her prescriptions finalized for home. The tentative plan is to get a new IV in her (she will be given versed to relax her) and they will start IV lasix and another diuretic. They are going to run this by her surgeon, Dr. Stewart, who is currently in the OR. The other option is putting a chest tube back in and draining the fluid. This would have to be done under general anesthesia.

Let's just say UGH! I don't feel bad about staying a few more days, but I can't help but feel bad for Sofia. We had already talked about going home today, getting frozen yogurt on the way home, and seeing Adelaide. She was really looking forward to it. I should have waited until we were actually out of the doors to tell her we were going home. I am at least glad that it was caught on today's x-ray because she probably wouldn't have done well this weekend at home. This is another contributing factor to her crappy sats. Please let this get resolved soon. She was looking so good this morning and really was back to her normal self. I can't imagine what putting a chest tube back would do to her spirits. I'm praying that tomorrow morning's x-ray looks better than today's.

Oh, and to top it off I woke up totally dizzy. I ended up having to have my mom drive me to the doctor before we came here and apparently I had an episode of acute vertigo caused by allergies. That's a first for me. She doesn't expect it to continue, but all I can say is that it was awful.