Biopsy

Ami had his lung biopsy this morning at 7:30. He was done and in recovery by 9:30. They took a thumb nail sized piece out of his right lung. He recovered well and was able to breathe on his own. He does not have a chest tub as of now. He seems to be in moderate pain. Morphine was not so good to him but the Oxycontin seems to be working well. It keeps him in a state of rest/sleep pretty well. We hope to have some preliminary results from the biopsy in the morning. The rest of the results will take a little longer, a week or two. Once again we are in a waiting game. The surgeon said that that his lung did not seem to have scare tissue on it but it did look diseased. There was no fluids, mucus, or puss in his lungs when they did the lavage. We will have another chest x-ray in the morning to make sure his lung still looks good. The floor doctor mentioned possibly going home tomorrow but we don't know what the pulmonologist has in mind. All of the staff has been great. We were in a room with a 7 year old. That was bad, he was loud, the nurses came in often to check on him, we were on the small side of the room. He got to go home this afternoon so as of right now we have the whole room to ourselves. We have been moved to the bigger side of the room so we both can stay in the room. There is less storage space but more room for everyone to stand around, plus now we don't have to wait in line to use the bathroom. The way it works here is if there is a potty trained child you can not use the bathroom. You have to go to the "parent lounge" where there are 3 bathrooms, full bathrooms, and wait for one to open. Everyone is tired and ready to go home. We wish we were here for fun things, like the zoo, magic house, and of course baseball. We are all doing well.