Almost home...!

Dallas here with an update...

So, Pam had her surgery last Wednesday (21/03) and it went well. Copious amounts of fluid were removed from her chest and while the middle and lower parts of her lung did not reinflate (and weren't expected to) there may be some improvement in the very upper part.

Pam had a slight complication in the form of some subcutaneous emphysema (basically air bubbles going where they shouldn't) but that seems to be clearing up OK. We had a walk today and Pam wanted to try some stairs just to see if there was any improvement in her "wind" so we went up an entire flight, which she managed without getting out of breath at all. This is great because it was actually an improvement over pre-surgery lung capacity. Also, the pains she was having in her side (which we suspected were related to fluid pressure) haven't come back either. Great!

At this point Pam is still in hospital and we expect that homecare for the chest drain will be set up in the next couple of days, then with any luck she should be on her way home. Yay!