His lungs are steadily taking up more space, slowly unfurling. His chest x-rays this morning show that the darker are of fluid at the bottom of the right lung have disappeared and it appears the lungs have inflated to take up substantially more area.
He had a good night. They turned down the oxygen yesterday evening to 21 percent, but raised it back during the night when he became uncomfortable. The fentanyl followed the same pattern, hand in glove. But the expect to wean him down again soon.
Sounds like he's making great progress!
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