Dad - Day 19 (I think!) - Part 1

Today was surgery number 2 for dad....and hopefully the last!

Surgery was scheduled for 7:30 this morning and lasted about 2 hours. It took them about an hour to get him settled to a point where we could take a peek and we only were able to see him for just a second.

The surgeon says that it went well, but that dad was a mess and full of purulent gunk! They were able to go in and do surgery without removing any portion of the lung, but just open up the abcess and clean it out. The surgeon said that he left the area open in the lung and that it will just heal together over time. His exact words were that dad was a mess in there.

Since we were only there for a second, I am not sure the number of the drains and what not, but I saw at least 2 chest tubes and the surgeon mentioned that he has a few other drains as well. He has an a-line again and another big central line in addition to his PICC line. He is back on the breathing machine and they didn't give us a clear answer on how long they expected him to be intubated. Obviously, the sooner they extubate, the better, but over the past few days he has started to get septic and now that they have opened things up, the doctor said that he is sure that he is going to get very septic tonight. He is back on the heavy medication to keep his blood pressure up and I did see that they had given him a blood transfusion. I will get more details later, but that is what I could see at a quick glance.

I did tell him that we were going to step out and to get some rest and although his eyes are closed, he nodded "yes".

The nurses ask for about 2 hours to get him settled and allow him to recover and then we will be able to go back in and see him and ask some questions.

I will keep you all updated as we learn more! Keep the prayers coming!