Melanie had a good day today for the most part. She sleeps all day due to sedation drugs she's getting while dealing with the chest tube. They took the chest tube out this morning and did another chest x-ray. It came back looking good, the "blurb" was hardly visible and her lung hadn't collapsed at all. The took another x-ray two hours later and all still looked good. Dr. Gelfand said her lungs look good, the spot didn't seem to damage any of her lobes or lung tissue. The 2:30 x-ray came back not as good. Dr. Gelfand showed it to me and right away I saw a dark spot looking me square in the nose!! It's not as big as before but it definitely grew in that 2 1/2 hours. The good thing about this is that the air was not escaping into her chest cavity, which means the hole from the chest tube had healed already. This was a very big concern among the Dr. staff. Isn't it amazing how God has created the body to work? The alarming part to me was the spot grew so much in a short time. They ordered another x-ray for 4:30. This one came back with no change so she was stable over that 2 hour period. Her next x-ray is scheduled for 10:00 tonight. Hopefully the results will be the same. If the spot continues to grow, they will do the chest tube into her lung again and leave it there for twoish days. This amount of time will hopefully allow for the hole in her lung to heal.
So, we will wait, pray, and see what the Lord has in store in for Miss Melanie over the next 12 hours.
You can see the "band-aid" on the side of her chest from the tube.
Pictures of the girls at the end of a long day...getting ready for bedtime.
7 comments:
Oh, how things change by the hr. I can't believe all this technology that we have, it's a blessing. We hope things go smoother as the days progress. Great pics again. Love to see the eyes of a child. Hope to see you soon, would love to come up again if things are going well with Melanine. Great pics of the girls, hope they are doing well with all thats going on.
Talk soon,
Jodi
Praying that her lung will remain unchanged while you wait for the next x-ray, it's truly amazing how God has made us & the hole from the chest tube is healed already!!
Jayden looks so much older in that picture & her hair looks so long!! Can't wait to see you all in person!!!
Love always,
Steve, Tonia & kids
We will continue to pray that her xray comes back unchanged. Your girls are beautiful! You are in our prayers!
Jodi
Thinking and praying for Melanie! Praying there is no change in the X-ray. Love the pics of the girls!
Renee
Love and prayers always!
Brenda and Tom and kids
Goodness me...seeing the pictures of the girls makes me miss them all the more! How precious! Can't wait until I get to hold little Miss Melanie as well! Watch out Jads...Melanie has a lot of fight in her...poor Miya won't know what hit her! LOL!
Favorite Aunt~
What a long day of waiting. Keeping you in our prayers.
Kevin and Leesa
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