So... As soon as Max fell asleep this morning, they came to take out his chest tube! He was such a trooper as they removed it and stitched up the hole. I am certain that Max's pain situation will be much better now that the tube is out.
The guy who did the procedure (a member of Dr. Ross's team) mentioned that it seems as though the fluid build up and tight space in his upper heart region yesterday looked worse than it was because at the time of the x-ray Max didn't take a full breath. This makes everything in that area look compressed because the lungs aren't fully expanded but its almost impossible to coordinate this with a 2 year old. Great news though.
Cam
Yay such great news! So sorry about the scary episode you guys experienced yesterday and praying it's the last one! So awesome to see Max playing and acting more like himself!
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