Dad went to MD Anderson (MDA) yesterday because his left chest tube was clogged. After xray and ultrasound, MDA found that he had air pockets in the right lungs that had developed over the last 4 days. He also had developed fluid in the right lung. There was some fluid on the left but MDA said they had to focus on the right lung as it was in bad shape. They wanted to put a chest tube on the right side but due to dad’s heart meds, they could not do that for 48 hrs. So he is off his heart meds and they will do that on Thurs.
However, dad was breathing so hard that they could not wait to do something. So MDA put this small tube in the upper area of his lung which is draining the fluid out and sucking the air out. This is a temp fix until Thur but he had to stay in the hospital for it. It was a long long day – the lung drs had to talk to all kinds of drs including his clinical drs. After 14 hrs, mom and I pulled into the driveway.
Mom, Adam and I will be going back to the hospital to be with dad this afternoon. He will be having his chest tube on Thurs and start his clinical trial on July 14th if all goes well.