Steady Improvement

We are having a great day. 

Santi had another clear X-ray this morning, no sign of fluid. His chest tube had ZERO output in 24 hours. And he was given the green light to resume a low fat diet. Yay for milk & cookies! He's still on a fluid restriction of 31oz a day, so we have to pace ourselves, which is as hard as you can imagine. Try telling a toddler who hasn't eaten in 5 days that he can only have 2 ounces of milk at a time, LOL. He was thrilled to eat low fat/no fat food and have sips of milk throughout the day.  

Happily snacking

We also had a special visitor, Panda the puppy​! Oh man, dogs make Santi SO HAPPY. This therapy dog program has made such a great impact on us. 

Panda the puppy!

kisses

If his output stays minimal while on the low fat diet, then his chest tube will be removed tomorrow or Wednesday. That will be followed by another few days of X-rays to ensure the pleural effusion doesn't return.