Ethan had another stable day. No real progress forward, but stable. We are grateful. Ethan's chest tube output continued to pick up. He is at 440 mL right now with two hours to go for the day. That is 200 less than yesterday though! The surgeon talked to us tonight about the procedures. He wants Greg and I to sleep (and pray) on what we talked about and make a final decision tomorrow. Ethan has struggled with pleural space effusions since he was in utero. The feeling the surgeon is having is to do BOTH procedures: chemical pleuraldesis and a thoracic duct ligation on Sunday morning. Poor little guy! But we feel it is time. It is going to be hard for him to progress if we don't get this problem under control. We just hope his body and heart can handle another surgery.
Love and Thanks-
Greg and Heidi
2 comments:
Any good news is GREAT!! We will pray that you will make a decision that you are all comfortable with! We love you guys!
I know you will make the best choice. We are Sending lot's of prayers and hugs. Love, Wendy
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