Ma is scheduled for surgery at 7:30am tomorrow. She had a CT scan of her chest this afternoon. The ultrasound yesterday didn't show anything abnormal. The surgeon was concerned that Ma might have ascites due to the amount of fluid she's producing, but the ultrasound was negative.
The fluid has been draining into a canister that holds 2.5L. It took 4.5 days to fill the first canister, 29 hours to fill the second canister, and 27 hours to fill the third. She's on her fourth canister. The surgeon said he's never seen anyone with so much fluid. I hope tomorrow's surgery works because I don't think the surgeon knows what else to do. There is something called a Pleurx Pleural Catheter that allows you to drain the fluids from home, but the amount of fluid Ma produces would overwhelm the system.
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