Clayton's drainage decreased again Monday through Wednesday, after Sunday's spike. His x-rays all looked good, so the doctors pulled his last chest tube Wednesday afternoon. On Thursday morning Clayton's x-ray showed a small amount of fluid accumulation on the right side, but it wasn't too much, so they decided to discharge him to the Ronald McDonald House. We have to stay close to the hospital through the weekend. We'll be watching him for any signs of the plueral effusions returning. On Monday Clayton will have an x-ray to look at the fluid again and a lab draw to check his INR (clotting time) which will help us with his coumadin dosing. If all that looks good, we plan to fly home on Tuesday. We have a tenative appointment set with our home cardiologist for Wednesday, and then on Thursday I will meet my mom in Ft. Worth to pick up the little boys. I can't wait to see them!
I really hope everything goes well through this weekend, and I really hope the x-ray looks okay on Monday. We are anxious to get back to Oklahoma.
yay!!!!!! praying for a completely uneventful weekend and trip home!!!
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