One step closer...

Max's chest... center incision which is healing nicely, center drain tube that is attached to the bulb and 2 plural caths on either side of his lungs

We are still here and still waiting for Max's body to be healthy enough to go home. Based on his energy levels, I would say he is ready, but there is still fluid draining which means there is still internal swelling. His center drain tube and right plural cath have stopped draining so those two were removed this afternoon. Now he only has his left plural cath. That left plural cath is needing to be drained twice a day. It is still putting out a high enough volume of fluid to keep us here, but once that amount starts to taper we can be sent home and I can be trained on how to drain his cath at home. We would need to call his doctor every afternoon to report the amount of fluid draining and once it stopped we would come back to the hospital to have the cath removed. 

With 2 of his 3 drains removed we are one step closer to going home! We are so close. Before we get the okay to leave he will need chest x-rays, an EKG and an echo-cardiogram done. Hopefully we will have more time to talk to his doctor tomorrow to ask when he predicts we will be going home. Dr. King did stop by this morning but Max and I were both asleep. It is amazing how much rest we are both getting. It is so different than our previous experiences at the hospital when they woke Max up every 3 hours. Last night we went to sleep at 10:30. He had to be weighed and take a medicine at 5:30. But then we both fell back to sleep from 6-8:30. It felt great! 

So not a whole lot to report right now. We are just trying to keep Max from being bored and patiently wait...

Silly face while wearing his Avenger jammies and chucks...

Kicking his feet up while he munches on his lunch...

Angel face!