Friday Morning report:
Sue went in this morning expecting Sam to look better. (part of the spiel we got from the Senior Resident yesterday--- yada yada yada, you will see things get better every day). Anyway, Sue was alarmed at Sam's swelling. His belly is hard and swollen and there is general swelling all over. He had a chest xray to look at his lungs-- the radiologist pronounced his lungs as good. They removed the abdominal drainage tube this morning and Sam seems to feel better about getting that out. The pace maker wires were also removed this morning. The plan right now is to remove the other drain line (chest cavity) this afternoon. Sam should be feeling much better once that is out as it is quite painful.
Sam can start wearing regular clothes again and he seems interested in things around him. (A big improvement since when you're in alot of pain, you usually only concentrate on the pain and block everything out). I'll be bringing in a few books for Sam to give him something to look at.