My brother has improved a bit. I went to see him last night after they drained his lung of 1 1/2 liters of fluid (they also managed to collapse his lung, but they fixed that too). His vitals were pretty scary, his heart rate was about 158 and from time to time his blood pressure would fall to 75/45.
But his vitals are much better today and he is sitting in a chair, and I think even walked a few steps. His voice is really strong and he looks pretty good. The only problem is that his lungs are refilling with fluid and it looks like he may be developing a temperature. So while I am feeling ok, I don't think he's out of the woods yet. But it's better than watching him crash like last night. (They sent me home telling me the next 24 hours were crucial.)
Life goes on. I have a 3 hour (one-way) work trip I have to do on Friday that I may have to cancel. 5 of my co-workers and the office we are visiting are all on notice that the trip may be cancelled. Next week, I am supposed to go to Washington, DC, for work. I'm wondering if that's going to happen. The 3 day weekend we had planned with 10 other families at a State park for this weekend was cancelled for my family. I had to cancel the same trip last year because both my brother and father were in the hospital. (My father passed away about 3 weeks later). The vacation disruption bothers me more than the work disruption, at least I have my priorities straight!
It's late. I'm going to sign off and have dinner.
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