Harper did well with the food that was given to her yesterday. Again, it was a special formula tailored to minimize the amount of chyle that she would produce by eating it and she only ate small amounts (5mL every 3 hrs). Since she did so well yesterday with it, the doctors upped the volume to 10mL through today and plan on making it 15mL every 3 hrs starting at midnight! This shows us that the drug is working to reduce the amount of chyle that she is producing and will hopefully give her body a little more of a chance to heal the leak. I believe that this is going to be the plan for the next few days... gradually increase the amount of food and then eventually begin decreasing the amount of drug that she is getting. The whole time just keeping an on eye on her output from her chest tube.
It's just a waiting game now, but everything seems to be going as planned. Harper had a few other small effects from the loss of fluid, but those can be treated over time and she will be right on track. I'll give more updates on those if the doctors see them as issues and begin to treat them.
Karen and I are about to go for a walk... maybe get some Menchies... then come back and settle in on the couch in Harp's room for the night! It's going to be a lot of tossing and turning, but we'll get through it... :)
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