So AJ has had a minor setback. His new "pigtail" tube seems to be working and the air pocket has decreased but is not gone. Since the pigtail tube has been placed his other tubes have decreased the amount of drainage. They plan to remove one more chest tube sometime tomorrow morning. Also, he is still on oxygen. They state that the oxygen is helping push the air. However, Tom and I do have our concerns that continued use will just make it more difficult to ween him. The nurses do not feel that it will be a problem.

They tested the blood from his chest tubes and found that he is losing a significant amount of healthy fats. Thus, now he is on Enfaport formula to help absorb fat easier. He will have to be on it for at least 6 weeks. This is one of the negative side effects of having chest tubes in for a long period of time. So we are hoping that he will not have to have the other ones in for much longer.

I guess I should have expected that there would be this kind of setback because things seemed to be going too smooth to be true. We will just try to keep our trust and faith in them and continue to pray that there will be no major flaws during the rest of his recovery.