Waiting on a procedure (scheduled for 1:00pm) that will remove the fluid that accumulated in his right lung during his original stay after the transplant - not a big deal - and it would have resolved itself naturally - but in order for the team to get a good image of his lungs - that fluid needs to go.
Once the fluid is removed (today) - they will do a full CAT scan of his chest while he's there.
Tomorrow morning at 8:00am they will do a needle biopsy of the spot on his lung. We're hoping it's nothing, but if it is, as crazy as this sounds, we hope it's lung cancer and not liver cancer (liver cancer means the cancer could have spread from the liver to other areas of the body - visiting the lung too). Better to have lung cancer as the primary cancer - something they can treat.............but again, I'm getting ahead of myself.
They are reducing his Ativan for agitation/anxiety - because he's so out of it - they need to clear his body of as much medication as they possibly can. The Cyclosporine (which causes the crazy) will take another 2 days to clear - the Ativan is only prolonging the fuzziness he's feeling. It's still impossible to hold a conversation with him - he has absolutely no idea what's going on.
We have a plan - even if Ron doesn't know anything about it ............yet!
Here's a photo of Ron today..........and a picture of our view.
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