Hump -Day....hope we well over the hump

Wednesday started with a lovely 6am Chest xray and then a 3hr delayed tube check...luckily one of the Drs noticed that another Dr had a Chest CT scheduled next day and made the executive order to do them at once...thanks Doc! The tube check was interesting in that you are on the operating table fully awake watching them work and can see images of the tubes and they inject contrast into the drain sites like I would do when I flush the drain.  I got to see one good and not so good tube so then they sedated me and replaced one of the tubes...different than putting a whole new tube because they went down the same exact trail.  I went to recovery and got to visit with Mike & Melissa. Then we went back to my room...not knowing excruciating pain was waiting.  A couple docs came in who were dealing with the fluid on my lungs and asked if I was ready to add medicine to my chest tube that would help bring the fluid to the collection site sooner (sooner chest tube out, sooner home). They said it would not be painful...so figured it wouldn't interrupt my visit, so I signed the consent and they began. Holy crap it hurt more than my labor pains so we had to stop periodically to catch me breath...then I had to lay in four positions to spread the medicine around.  This tube had been hooked to a water-vacuum setup and they unhooked me from that for four hours...I was pretty much zonked and heavily sedated and M&M left to grab me some mio and when they got back, I was about to be moved to the 16th floor. 1662. They helped me get settled upstairs and headed home...and I was medicated...and could barely open eyes for Docs and nurses. Then it was time to hook me back up to water vacuum and take out the clamp...again shouldn't  hurt, right? WRONG...the fluid started flowing heavily and I couldn't breathe for a few seconds which felt like minutes...I asked nurse to stay a bit to make sure I was ok...at some point my breath came back to me, but I still needed to order dinner and keep my eyes open long enough to eat it.   I had to wait for my enzymes after dinner got here and I am sure that I joined the sitting asleep crowd...there seemed to be hours of this but it could have been less.  I managed to get some food and water down before nurse poking and prodding began and then the inevitable night of no long sleeps..and now I Will give in to sleep once again.

Writing under  sedation so please excuse errors.
Goodnight,
Michelle