I spoke to his surgeon this morning. She said the echocardiogram did show an increase in pressure in the right ventricle. The 2 heart medications they put him on yesterday are supposed to help with that. She feels that the increase in pressure could also be the reason he is having so much chest tube output. So we are hoping that the Octreotide along with these 2 new meds will help to decrease or stop the output.
If not, they are still wanting to do the pleurodesis on Tuesday. I feel a bit conflicted about that. I just don't know what is best. If we wait longer, the drainage might stop on it's own. Or it might not and then we'd have to do the pleurodesis anyway and we've just increased his hospital stay and chances of getting infections and malnourished.
I just wish someone could give me some sort of guarantee.
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