And the hits just keep on comin....

So here we go again. Back to the hospital. I Was hanging out enjoying the sun yesterday and all of a sudden I started draining fluid from one of my chest tube holes. I couldn't believe how much fluid I was losing. I hadn't even been bleeding, the incision was starting to heal and then wham fluid everywhere. It drained so much I went through three huge gauze pads and all the way threw a towel that was folded over twice. Luckily I wasn't bleeding it was just clear liquid. So we headed back to the surgeons office and took some chest x-rays and sure enough I have something like 500 ml of fluid around my lung again. Ahhhhhhhhhh!!! I just want to get better. All these little setbacks are becoming frustrating.

Anyways in order to get the fluid out they told me to stop taking my Warfarin so that my blood will clot better. I have to get my INR down to 1.5 which will probably take until tomorrow. Today it was at 1.8 so I should be able to get it down. The plan right now is to head into the hospital tomorrow at 1:00. They will run some labs to make sure that everything is in order. Then they will stick a big 'ol needle in my back and drain the extra fluid out. They will do it all while looking at an ultra sound machine so that they can hit the fluid sack and not something else. Hopefully once they drain this fluid my body will stop producing more fluid.

I wish I knew why this was happening. All the doctors say there really is nothing I can do about it. It just happens. It's not all that uncommon. Some people's bodies just deal with massive surgery different than others. The fluid comes from inflamation caused from the two surgeries. Hopefully after tomorrow my body stops producing so much fluid and I can get on with getting better and stay out of the hospital.