We had an appointment with the cardiologist in Salt Lake today. Which means another long drive (4 hours), and another night sleeping in a bed other than our own.
The appointment went fairly well. Especially considering on Wed it's only been 3 weeks since surgery. His SAT's are still really low, until we put oxygen on. So that tells the dr. his lungs still need to heal. So he wants him to wear oxygen as much as possible. Also, they could see some fluid in his right lung. We are hoping the lasix (a diaretic) will help clear that up. If it doesn't then we will try a different diaretic. If that doesn't work then they will have to put in another chest tube. Noooooo.
He is still struggling to have an appetite. It's just not there. He has to make himself eat. According to our scale he lost 5 lbs. That's 5 lbs. he didn't have to spare. So he still needs to eat, drink, walk, and now wear oxygen as much as possible. We did switch his meds up a little. Not to anything different. Just the dosage and frequency. So onward with recovery, and then back we come in a month.
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