Allie is now with her father until Tuesday. His parents left Saturday morning. They removed one of his drainage tubes, and packed it with sterile gauze. This has been a very painful experience for Dad--he has been taking some pain medicine, which has made him sleepy. This wound will take a long time to heal, but we're happy the tube is out! The less, the better.
His lungs are inflating (as expected) from the tubes inserted a couple days ago. They may remove one of them tomorrow. They are assisting with clearing out the phlegm and fluid that has been building up over the past several weeks. If he walked around a bit more it'd clear on its own, but they are keeping him down because of his low hemoglobin levels. On Friday, his hemo was 7.5, and today (Sunday) it was 10. The way up is good.
They are not allowing Dad to suck on popsicles, only ice chips. He can't wait until he has permission to have something with some taste.
I'm sure Dad appreciates having Allie around for the next couple of days, then perhaps I'll make my way down there in the middle of the week.
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