Parrish had a pretty restful night. But, he is still having low oxygen levels (and is still on oxygen). The chest tube is continuing to cause him pain, but he is able to cough more, which helps the fluid drain. Since 4:30 am, he has had 200 mL of fluid come out. With that amount of fluid still draining, it is unlikely that they will pull the tube today. They did a couple chest x-rays this morning to check the tube and lungs, just to be sure everything looked okay. We will go over those with the surgery folks this afternoon.
Parrish is continuing to get IV fluids, and they added a magnesium drip this morning. Based on his morning blood work, his magnesium was low. When they are pumping you full of IV fluids, sometimes you can end up flushing out some of the electrolytes that you need. So, they are monitoring that closely. Still no results from pathology, but the doctors will let us know as soon as those results are in.
So not too much to report...just waiting and trying to be patient and let pathology do what they need to do, let Parrish's body heal from surgery, and let the doctors make the best decisions for moving forward. As always, I will keep y'all posted as we hear more.
Love,
Molly
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