38 Hours Post Operative 2/13/15

Yes it is Friday the 13th.  But we are hopeful nothing untoward will happen.

Luke has slept through the night.  The nurse has not given him any pain medications since 11:00 p.m. I am worried that when he awakens he will be in a lot of pain.

Yesterday they removed his IJ (intra jugular) and the arterial line in his right wrist.  He was able to stand up for a moment and to sit in dad's lap for a few hours.  Today the nurse practitioner says his largest chest tube (the mediastinal) can come out.  They want to leave in the two small chest tubes (ponytails) until Luke has eaten more fats.  In surgery there is a possibility of splicing a lymph node.  This is undetectable until the patient eats fats, then fats drain into the chest cavity, and they drain out from the chest tubes.  If this is the case Luke would be on a no fat diet for a few weeks.  So far the chest drainage appears clear but he has not eaten enough to know for sure.  We will try and urge him to eat nice fatty foods today.  Lucky guy!

 IJ Line

 Atrial Line in Radius

 Getting out of bed for the first time.