Those are the words said by Lisa's doctor about 1 hour ago when they saw more milky drainage coming from her chest tube. They are quite stumped as to why yesterday it looked fine and today it is back to milky. The plan for this evening is nothing to eat or drink again and they will check drainage in the morning. Needless to say Lisa is just as frustrated as her doctors. Besides this last chest tube Lisa only has one regular IV left since they took the central line out of her neck last night so she is VERY frustrated with this chest tube. Despite her "nemesis" rearing it's ugly head Lisa is still staying positive and just taking things one step at a time. She is anxious to get to her home away from home but realizes that it is better to try and fix a problem now rather than get home and possibly have to be re-admitted. Lisa's doctors are very positive that everything will get resolved and they have said the lungs look great.
Unfortunately, Lisa had another migraine earlier today and didn't sleep very well last night so she suggested I take Avery and my mother-in-law Maria to the St. Louis zoo while she slept for a while. We went for a few hours and had a great time. Avery even got Lisa a monkey stuffed animal just like hers to hang in her room. Luckily when I got back her headache was better and she looked at our pictures. She is very excited to go back to this zoo since she hasn't been there since the 80's so hopefully when some of you visit this summer you can enjoy the zoo and other St. Louis sights with her.
Posted by Terri
Just tell the Dr. you are "unique & frustrating" so he can have a challenge, ha ha! Sorry to hear about that tube still giving you trouble & that you had another bad headache. Hope tomorrow brings much better news:)
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