Recovery - Day 11

3:45 PM Update - Blake's drainage is great today, since midnight last night, he has only drained 16 cc, but because his last drainage measurement before that was still high and the surgeons are super conservative they want to wait it out through the night, and if everything stays the same, they will remove the tube in the morning. They are going to try and get us released by 5 PM tomorrow night. So, not the news we were hoping for, but not terrible news either.

9:30 AM Update - Blake's drainage was down about 20 cc yesterday, but it was still more than they wanted to pull the tube. So the doctor's plan was to wait until tomorrow, schedule to pull the tube then, then watch for 24 hours and release us on Wednesday.

Fortunately, Blake has really stubborn parents. The magic number we are trying to get to for output is 50 cc for a 24-hour period. Since 6pm last night he has only put out 6 cc, so we asked them to consider a 6pm to 6pm period to evaluate and if we can stay low during that period to pull his tube tonight and evaluate overnight and release us tomorrow. They agreed and now we have a plan we are all on board with - they don't want us to be chest-tube hostages any more than we want to be.

So, here's where you come in. Please pray, take out your rabbit's feet, do a voodoo dance, anything you can. Blake needs an awesome day with minimal output! Thanks everyone!