For the first 2 weeks he made no real progress. He was taken off suction a few times to only be short of breath and the lung collapse within a few hours. A bigger chest tube was placed. Still no progress. To say he is tired of being in the hospital is a HUGE understatement!  Visiting hours are limited to 730-5 daily, only one visitor at a time, and no one under 16 is admitted. Thankfully, I’ve made it to see him everyday except for one. The girls have FaceTimed almost daily. My parents, sister, and nephew helped them make a huge sign and they surprised Adam with it.

Ultimately, he had surgery. The chemical pleurodesis he had during the last hospitalization in May didn’t work as well as expected. This time, the surgeon went in laparoscopically and did a manual pleurodesis. He went to the ICU following the procedure. Shortly after surgery, he had about 2 liters of fluid (betadine mixed with blood) out of his chest tube. He continued with significant output over the next day. Remember he’s on blood thinners and despite stopping them preoperatively, he was restarted soon after. Labs showed his hemoglobin at 5 (upon admission it was 14). This means he was severely anemic and received 3 units of blood. The following morning it was 8 but then dipped back down to 7 in the afternoon. 2 more units of blood were transfused. He was not well during these days to say the least. Praise the Lord, he made a turn for the better over the next few days. He was transferred out of the ICU back to the floor. To his same room from May 😃 He was able to get his Keytruda infusion while inpatient & had another one today.