Whew! Chuck's catching his breath before beginning the afternoon escapades. This morning he was X-rayed, sonogrammed, and defluidized (yep, I made that one up).
- His chest is looking a bit worse. A sample was pulled from the lung to get an idea of what's going on. It will take at least a day to know the results.
- Dr. Taylor pulled some fluid from around his left lung, but was surprised at the small amount of fluid.
- The sonogram showed some issues with his liver (remember when he was first put on the intravaneous food?? same issue). I suspect this will be fine, as it was the first time.
- Finally, the wound vac sponges were changed. This was really cool because I got to see how VASTLY improved his wounds look.
Up for this afternoon:
- He'll go for a CT scan of his abdomen. The docs suspect his leaky gut may be caused from an abscess. Once the abscess is located, a needle will be inserted to draw out some of the fluid. If the fluid shows infection, he'll get a tube. The tube will drain the infection. If there is no infection, they may simply pull out the fluid with a needle.
- Supposedly, he'll be getting a feeding tube (via the gut) this afternoon.
I'll post later with the results of the afternoon.
