Ma got half a dose of Ativan last night. She slept well overnight and also slept quite a bit during the day, but nowhere as much as yesterday, thank goodness. She ate a lot today. For lunch, Kit brought Filipino food that Tito Lum cooked. In the evening we had Thai food -- fried quail, pad thai and fried rice. Ma also had boiled saba banana and corn on the cob. The physical therapist made her walk down to the nurses' station using a walker. She had to rest on a chair twice along the way but was able to walk back without stopping. She still has loose stools, possibly due to her antibiotics, and is taking Imodium for it.
The hallucinations seem to be gone. Ma seemed clearer yesterday, but I wasn't sure because she was asleep most of the day. But today her mind is totally clear, although she still sometimes speaks to me in Kapampangan.
Dr. Majid, the first pulmonologist who treated Ma, stopped by today. He ordered suction (aka negative pressure) added back to the canister that her pleural fluid drains into. This will suck all the remaining fluid out of her chest. If her x-ray looks good tomorrow, he will remove her chest drain. Then maybe she'll be able to go home soon after. This is the first time that going home has been mentioned. Unlike Dr. Raees, the other pulmonologist who treated Ma, he doesn't recommend another pleurodesis. If the pleural effusion comes back, he recommends that a tap (drain) be implanted in Ma's chest. I'll have to find out the proper name for it.
A couple of days ago, Ma's pleural fluid was tested again. For the third time, it came out negative for cancer. But as I mentioned before, Dr. Majid thinks either her pleural lining or her lung is malignant. All the signs point to one of them being malignant.
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