Marye came home on Wednesday, 17 days after first going to the hospital. Since the last post, there was a bit of a downturn. Over the weekend, she was walking around, eating well, etc... On Monday morning, she again began to feel pretty lousy, mostly in her chest. She had a chest x-ray; that and the PE CT scan both showed more fluid in her lungs that no one could really explain.
They wanted to insert a chest tube (pleuracath) into her lung to let it drain naturally. They did that on Tuesday, and it did drain a lot of fluid. By Tuesday night, she was feeling a little better (although not as good as she was over the weekend), and we planned on taking her home on Wednesday.
So, here we are. It's been 17 days since she's been home, so we need to get her back into a comfortable groove. She's not as strong as she was before she went to the hospital. I hope that changes, but it will take some time. I'll post again in a day or two, with an update on her condition.
As always, I want to thank everyone for their kind thoughts for Marye. She appreciates it, as well, but is unable to respond to everyone's well-wishes at this time.
-Chris
